VIEW IN MY ROOM
I was always scared of the dark as a kid. I'd say to my mum and dad, "I'm not scared of the dark, I'm scared of what's in the darkness!". I had a nightlight for years, well beyond when it's appropriate to have a nightlight. In the end, I thought I could see eyes staring out at me from the light so I got rid of it. This is part of a series which explore our relationships with our child-self. As children we see every day things in extraordinary, disproportionate ways. This same distortion can be seen in how we remember our childhood experiences. Silly, crazy things stick in our minds and live with us all our lives, becoming increasingly vivid as we get older. But are these memories true? There’s no rational narrative running through our childhood memories, the idea of a shark under our bed is a real as dad lurching at us with a wooden spoon. Our imagined fears are often more frightening than immediate threats. The unreachable truth is whether the memory is real or concocted in the tangled-web of our consciousness. Night lights are for babies, 2016, collage and synthetic polymer paint on canvas.
Collage:Paper on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:31.5 W x 31.5 H x 1.6 D in
Frame:Black
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
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I'm a paper artist living in Seattle with a studio in the Good Arts Building, Pioneer Square.
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