20" x 24",,,nail polish and acrylic paint on canvas

SELF PORTRAIT IN A:

Air Inside Art

(2020)

To pay homage to my musical roots my works titling often follows the non-programatic titling format of classical music,,,/type of composition•key: programatic title (year)/,,,

A visual manifestation

of being quarentriste

Quarentriste: Qua•ren•triste• /ˈkwôrən,ˈtrēst/ A word I invented to describe the emotional state of dispair and distressed felt by the collective during quarantine,,,

Symptoms include: perpetual loneliness,,, fracturing of identify,,, increased substance abuse,,,,