Very Strong Feelings is a good example of a conglomeration of the many different kinds of processes that Travis Lee uses. The photographs are a documentation of the painting. “I had learned very early that most of art seemed to be just as much about documentation and the way this documentation was presented. Most of an artist’s artwork will get seen more in a different medium such as in a photograph rather than in the flesh....At the time I painted this, I thought art was about the process, and to show the viewer the final outcome of the process--I thought this took away some of the magic. I wanted to show them the decision I made at stages of the paintings, to include them in the loop.”

This started out as a very emotional painting. Travis Lee has used art as an outlet for his emotions. At the time he painted the first phrase, he became so saddened by what he had let out, he had to leave. He came back days later and intellectually painted what he had went through: “Very Strong Feelings.”