A series of mixed media paintings that explore different states of emotions such as desire, despair, rage, hope, reflection, fear, relief, etc. For each piece, I break through the top layer of the canvas via punching, cutting or burning the canvas. I then incorporate a second layer of canvas below the exposed areas and paint this layer a specific color as well as incorporate different materials such as pepper, to ash, lipstick, prozac pills, wine, sugar, creams – all dependent upon the emotion I am trying to express. I have created about 30 of these works and plan to develop hundreds more, as each day emotions change as does the context and ingredients.
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