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<p>Submitted to the First Migraine Art Competition (adult)<br> Main theme: Aura<br>
Tags: Multi-coloured, darkness, abstract, zigzag, lightning, visual disturbance, distorted vision.</p>

Migraine Art Competition Collection

Abstract in black, red and yellow

Abstract in yellow with stars

"Pain associated with an attack"

Abstract kaleidoscope design

Black and white silhouette of figure with zigzag aura

Holiday migraine

A day with migraine

"Migraine"

Explosive images associated with aura

Migraine symptoms

Migraine head

Kitchen migraine with kitten

Behind bars

"Why me? Why now?"

Migraine eyes

Clock

"Fortification Spectra. (Spectrum)"

Eye with visual disturbance

Abstract with c-shapes, checkerboard and other visual distortions

Woman with missing vision, surrounded by concerned onlookers

"Form of visual disturbance"

Smiling child with diamond-shaped and checkerboard disturbances

Woman on sofa obscured by c-shape scotoma with black

Landscape with c-shape scotoma and missing vision

Woman surrounded by stars

Abstract aura in green, red and orange

Divided face in sunshine and shade with aura, music and pill bottle

Abstract black and white geometrical shapes and coils with rotational symmetry

Abstract in blue with green rectangles

In the migraine garden

Sunshine shining into eye with foliage and blue stripes into black

"My body during a migraine attack"

Visual explosion and zigzag  aura

Black and white abstract face with lightning, stairs, checkerboard and people

Tree with visual disturbance

Multi-coloured abstract with eye theme

"Pattern"

Spider's web

"The Mask of Migraine: Reverse Image"

On the train

Spider's web in white with orange

Three sided head with jigsaw

Reading with aura

"Journey through Migraine"

"Oh! I wish I was at school"

"No!"

"Sunshine: Enemy or Friend"

Portrait of woman's face with rainbow visual disturbance over right eye

"The Two Faces of Migraine"

Head with pain and aura

Checkerboard with splitting axe

"Sorry Closed for Migraine"

Multiple aura with clock and face half obscured on left

Pencil outline of face with red, black and yellow visual disturbance

Splitting skull releasing monsters

Child attacked by hammer and lightning with lightbulb

Eye with abstract aura

Abstract: yellow spot on black background

Skull with stars

Head and shoulders in landscape with ghostly heads and swirling aura

Face obscured by aura and visual disturbance street scene

"Migraine, Attack, Help, Attack"

Portrait of woman with zigzag aura

Male figure looking at distorted reflection in a bathroom mirror

Portrait of female figure with visual disturbance

Man at work half obscured by visual disturbance

Distorted image of child

Table, chairs and window with checkerboard disturbance

Breakfast still life with black and zigzag aura

A piece of the jigsaw

Clock face with visual disturbance

"A Migraine 'Attack' ''

Easel and stool with checkerboard disturbance

Abstract: jagged shapes with colour

Abstract: C-Shape on brown background

"Absolutely fed-up with pills"

Portrait of woman with zigzags and red ribbon

Figure looking at distorted reflection in mirror, blind spots and halos present

Toilet bowl

Abstract aura line drawing

Portrait of woman distorted by mosaic and zigzag aura

Female figure in blue, red and black with swirls

Woman's face with nails

Covered eye

Woodland scene with spiral aura

Prevented by migraine

Abstract with zigzags, stars and crenellations

Face with hammer, star and spiral

Abstract in pink, red, and grey with yellow zigzag

Domestic interior with c-shaped aura

Rabbits, flowers and aura

Sitting woman inside an eye with red zigzags and yellow dots

Woman in bed with phone

"Ouch", abstract image of photosensitivity

Hand and c-shaped aura

Trapped inside the eye

The heart attacks the head

Figure with zigzag aura in red, black and green

A mother watches her children play

"Looking at a migraine"

Woman holding her head with visual disturbance

Woman with head in hand

"Help"

Daggers to the brain

"Beauty & the Beastly"

Skull with star filled eye

Squeezed by migraine

Under attack

How migraine affects life

Half obscured face with nail and chains

Man's head with nail and triangles background

Fire in the head

Nausea and sunglasses

Head in flames, with hammers

Beating drum

Two faces, with zigzag

"The Triggers of a Miggie"

Half head in flames with stars

Crying figure surrounded by pills

"Migraine Miseries"

Migraine brain

Domestic scene with fortification aura

Skull with embedded dagger

Waiting for the bus

Eyes with lightning aura

Abstract portrait with visual disturbance

Bowling Club

Head with zigzags and circles in purple and orange

Distorted figure sitting in bed, with eye out of socket

"The Migraine Life"

"Mum's Got a Migraine"

A brick on the head

A crying face under attack, trapped in a thread spiders web

Axe striking green head

Eye with skull

Alien-like figures with migraine

"Too weak to reach sick bucket in time"

"This picture depicts the pain associated with a migraine attack"

Broken mirror with circus performer

Serlock Holmes text obscured

A pneumatic drill in the living room

"Night Time Attacks  3-4 a Week"

Distorted figure

Triggers and symptoms

Female head with nail and rays

Head with aura in left eye

Skull with right eye zigzag aura

Bloodshot eyeball with aura in yellow

Female nude, with aura and abdominal upset

Nauseated female figure with lightning bolts

Portrait in mirror with milk, cigarettes, pills and leaflet

"8 M's"

Stages of a migraine

Crying eye with blood vessels and lightning

Abstract swirls in purple

Reclining figure with spiral aura

Television with striped aura in yellow

Primula with aura

Woman under attack with pills and sunglasses

Still life with corona

Naked figure with bulging eye

Clamped head with waves

Couple on park bench with corona

"Oh No! Not Another"

"Still life with migraine"

Portrait of a distorted face

Three stages of migraine

Woman with head in hand and light rays

Abstract piece with stars and spirals

Skull in vice

Eye. Drill. Brain

Blue head with flames and rays

Male figure holding head on red background with spirals

"To Fit Again"

"Oh Not Again"

"Migraine Has Me!"

Migraine eye

Collage: portrait of man with gold bands and stars

Interlocking female heads

Man grimacing in pain

A dragon on the head

Abstract face

"Migraine Man"

"No Entry for Migraine"

Aspects of migraine

Imprisoned

Abstract with glitter

Drill to the head

"A Splitting Migraine headache"

"Migraine at the Gala  Concert"

Eye with crouching figure and aura

Eye with aura and red zigzag

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