Work > Dazed & Confused

Painted on Smile
Oil on Panel
16x20
Heartache
Oil on Panel
24x36
Easter Bunny
Oil on Canvas
16x20
Eat or Be Eaten
Oil on Canvas
18x24
Hide & Seek
Oil on Panel
18x24
The Acceptance
Oil on Panel
16x20
Birth Daze
Oil on Panel
24x36
Happy Holloween
Oil on Panel
5x7

Artist Statement
 
 
Dazed & Confused deals with childhood memories and experiences with my family.

Celebrating holidays always ended in chaos. Heartaches, monsters in my closet, being seen as prey, the confusion I felt about holidays, secular and religious. Countless traumatic experiences resulting in innocence lost.
 
Using soft colors draws the viewer in for a closer look. The images evoke feelings of nostalgia before revealing the message of bitter-sweet memories and the vulnerability of being a child.