At the Edge, c. 2021

At the Edge

This painting was finished just before I moved to Chicago in 2021.

I was at a point in my life where I needed to make a major change, and I was both excited and scared.
To shift in the way I wanted, I would need to change EVERYTHING, and sacrifice some of the good things I had already built for myself.

I felt an immense pressure that was frightening, and I felt like I was trying to hold back a change that was already past the point of no return.

The painting reflects some of this feeling.
The character is hunched over while electricity is starting to crackle from their own conflicted energy. There is much power there, and perhaps they are about to morph into their next form.
I see this as an emotional bursting at the seams. A figure trying to keep her powers inside and hidden, but it is too intense, and they can no longer hold it within.

This is what I see in it, but this piece was created with whim and I got lost in the form and colors.
My interpretation is merely what I take from it, with my own experiences. I prefer work like this to have a conversation with the viewer about their own interpretation, and to reflect their own experiences in a unique way.

Medium: acrylic and oil on canvas.