ORIGIN #3 Painting

I am a physician (pathologist) turned artist, working with conventional and unconventional media. I am currently about to enter my second year in the MFA program in Fine Arts at the Studio School in Manhattan. Due to nature's fractal organization, the microscopic world is a fitting take-off point for additional explorations. My current work, the "Origin" series, acknowledges my history as an anatomic pathologist and uses the microscopic world as a take-off point for additional explorations. At its core, my artwork is an attempt to obtain security in an unsafe crowded world. I like to find beauty in unexpected places, which may lead to an appreciation of the seamier side of the human condition. I am showing a series of work here on the Saatchi website, and also at the upcoming The Other Art Fair in Brooklyn, June 2022. The artworks are framed paint-filled plastic bags. For me, putting paint into a plastic bag is a calming rite. The paint is completely inside the bag, leading to a sense of security, whether real or false. The plastic bag is the "canvas". In some ways it resembles a conventional painting. It is easy to hang on a wall since it is framed and covered with UV-protective plexiglass. The bags are vulnerable yet indestructible. They are cheap and easily obtained, but can be elevated in status when framed and displayed.. The contradictions inherent in the process and outcome of elevating them into artwork references our confused political and environmental situation. Another body of work comprises the more conventional figurative and abstract paintings. The abstract ones explore the boundaries between objects and their environment. I also make abstract sculptures from my personal plastic waste.