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Canada
Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 30 W x 48 H x 1.5 D in
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This painting delves into different subject matter than I've explored previously. I live in Vancouver, a wealthy city on Canada's Pacific Coast, where we have the largest open-air drug market in the world, and prolific access to recreational drugs. I am interested in the way class plays into access to, experience of, and repercussions of, drug use. This painting, entitled "My Habits Keep Me Company (Don't Think About The Supply Chain) is an exploration of the textures of recreational drug use and the distancing of that drug use from the violence of the supply chain. These faceless figures lounge in front of a round table, covered with their habits. Behind them is an altar to Jesus Malverde, the patron saint of narcotrafficantes. I want the viewer to question what is being justified, what is being sacrificed, and what is sacred vs. profane in the theatre of the ongoing 'drug war'.
Painting:Acrylic on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:30 W x 48 H x 1.5 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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Canada
I’m a painter and designer currently based in Vancouver. I’ve loved drawing, painting and looking at art since childhood but only after starting studies at Parsons in graphic design, and meeting fine artists in New York, did I begin to take it seriously and have an everyday practice. I have worked with textiles, editorial design and photography but my true love is paint. I am a swimmer since childhood and the feeling of water runs through my work, it’s one of my most common subjects, appearing in small and large ways throughout the work I have created (a vase, a bathtub, a pool, the sea). My inspirations run from fashion editorials to new wave films to religious iconography. I have an undergrad in religious studies and the imagery around spirituality has always fascinated me. I’m particularly drawn to the spiritual dimension colours possess, their language and potential for communicating mood. I believe we all have strong associations with colour and that it has a healing potential, working with colours definitely does. I hope that you enjoy viewing this work, it comes from a pure place of exploration and intuition, the place of dreams.
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