Oil on canvas.

48x48"

A portrait painting of a man.

Compressed oil pigment, acrylic, charcoal on rug (framed).

27x39"

A Surreal self portrait of myself; done in a time of my life where I felt spiritual vulnerable and suppressed by the world around me. In 2022 I took some time off from everything; work, painting, relationships with people and the world all around me. I found myself ending up in Toronto Ontario at the Art Gallery of Ontario a lot. In this time they hosted an exhibition from October 6th 2021 to January 4th 2022 for Picasso's "Painting in the Blue Period". This collection of works really spoke to me in this time of my life. I was particularly drawn to "The blue room" 1901. The emotions it invoked in me were directly correlated into a collection of works I began to work on; creating a sense of comforting nostalgia I had once found in Picasso's works. The work I choice to show you "Blue Self Portrait" was done on a cut of rug I ripped out to represent a part of me being stepped on by the society I was living in at the time. I used compressed oil pigments representing how compressed the world looked around me, and the use of acrylic showed how I viewed a part of myself as plastic. Depicting a surreal distortion of my face, line works horizontal and vertical representing the body and souls journey on the plains of life lost in time. The moon and sun depicted at the top of the work, touch more on the concept of time and the constant change that comes with the passing days. This was how I felt in those days of "dread", expressed through pigment. Thank you.