ily

a four-piece series

The photographs are lies. We see one another in flashes of light and suddenly we feel close. A sense of intimacy is fabricated and we begin to build relationships on this false sense of connectedness. And we fall in love with someone who was never there to begin with. Our intimacy with the photographs makes us sick. Those pictures of her become a surrogate we cling to, one we can hold in our hands and never lose grip. Her pretty little face is enough for us and eventually we’re content with the illusion—the mental breakdown. She exists abbreviated in these coveted snapshots and so does our love. Yet she’s always just a lie.

cute

colored pencil, arches oil paper, and resin on wood panel

8 inches x 8 inches

caught up

colored pencil, arches oil paper, and resin on wood panel

8 inches x 8 inches

you look so gone

colored pencil, arches oil paper, and resin on wood panel

8 inches x 8 inches

one more time

colored pencil, arches oil paper, and resin on wood panel

8 inches x 8 inches

21st century royalty

#influencer(za)

the look

no filter

colored pencil, arches oil paper, and resin on wood panel

colored pencil, arches oil paper, and resin on wood panel

colored pencil, arches oil paper, and resin on wood panel

12 inches x 12 inches

12 inches x 12 inches

12 inches x 12 inches

he's waiting

colored pencil, arches oil paper, and resin on wood panel

12 inches x 12 inches

windows

windows-001

colored pencil, arches oil paper, and resin on wood panel

12 inches x 16 inches

windows-002

colored pencil, arches oil paper, and resin on wood panel

12 inches x 16 inches

plf

pretty little face 01

colored pencil, arches oil paper, and resin on wood panel

12 inches x 12 inches

she's not looking at you

colored pencil, arches oil paper, and resin on wood panel

12 inches x 12 inches

pretty little face 03

colored pencil, arches oil paper, and resin on wood panel

12 inches x 12 inches

t.l

you freed me

from guilt

colored pencil, arches oil paper,

and resin on wood panel

12 inches x 18 inches

and prepared a place for me

colored pencil, arches oil paper,

and resin on wood panel

12 inches x 18 inches

to become exactly who I wanted to be

colored pencil, arches oil paper,

and resin on wood panel

18 inches x 12 inches