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Nuthouse Drawings
Documentary
2016
6 min
Lancaster, PA
Susan Lowe is most well known as an actress in the early films of Baltimore native and filmmaker John Waters. This portrait focuses on Susan"s life as an artist, and in particular her works known as the ‘Nuthouse Drawings." Sometimes thought of as paintings of her friends, she actually started creating these pieces while residing in a mental hospital. Serving as a way to battle her depression, fear, and loneliness her ‘nuthouse drawings" serve as a look into the mind of one of Baltimore"s most imaginative visual artists.