Artist Tiffani Williams’ soft pastel painting “ADHD Mind” has been selected for inclusion in Abstractions: Seeing with the Mind’s Eye, a juried group exhibition at The Fulton Street Collective. The exhibition, presented in collaboration with the West Town Chamber of Commerce and curated by Ryan Miller, opens Friday, March 6, with a free public reception from 6:00–10:00.
Abstractions: Seeing with the Mind’s Eye explores how artists express what cannot be seen — how emotion, sound, memory, and sensation can be translated into visual form.
Williams’ piece, “ADHD Mind,” is a vibrant and layered depiction of what her brain feels like most of the time: beautiful chaos. Created in soft pastel and accented with genuine silver leaf, the work captures the tension between overwhelm and brilliance. The swirling color fields evoke constant motion and overlapping thought, while the silver leaf represents flashes of creativity and insight — the sparks that cut through the noise.
“Living with ADHD often means navigating intensity,” Williams said. “There’s distraction, yes — but there’s also imagination, pattern recognition, and sudden clarity. The silver leaf symbolizes those moments of brilliance that shimmer through the chaos.”
The exhibition invites viewers to consider how artists make the invisible visible — how abstraction allows us to see with the mind rather than the eye. Williams’ work contributes a deeply personal perspective, transforming neurodivergent experience into color, texture, and light.
Abstractions: Seeing with the Mind’s Eye opens March 6 at The Fulton Street Collective. The public is invited to attend the free opening reception from 6–10 p.m.
For more information about the exhibition, visit The Fulton Street Collective.