original works

My focus when creating my own work revolves around the conflict I have with my own body. When i was diagnosed with Epilepsy triggered by a Tumor on my Amygdala it though into question what my identity revolved around. The Amygdala is the fear center of the brain, it is responsible for fear and anxiety which can expand into anger and depression. Until this diagnosis i was convinced that all my emotional reactions were justified, appropriate and a direct result of my values personality and passions, but this is seldom the case. I now know so much of who I am is dictated by the physical structure, electric pathways, and chemicals of my brain. My electric fat.

The experience made me feel more like material than how we typically see ourselves. Which is why my paintings have focused mostly on meat and foods. While the practice or expression of myself this way isn’t intuitively healing or therapeutic it helps to ground my emotions in a more concrete way, and reconsider the route of my emotional identity both in productive and upsetting ways.

More Images to come as I am in the process of updating my portfolio