Closer is an auto-biographical narrative of my relationship with my co-survivor during my period of illness. Pixel strokes are used throughout, but in replacement of classical paint strokes with a brush, to place the painting as a frame of my own mind. The distance (background) is patterned with squares detailed by pixel spaces as the world outside and how even-keel everything felt as opposed to the life I was living. In the foreground are two dangling, messy strokes being held together by an orange stroke that disappears through the top of the canvas. My partner, though as weak as me, was able to draw from an amazing wealth of power to keep us both happy, focused, and directed. I still credit him with the true sanity I was able to hold onto during this rough period for both of us, though as the painting shows, hindsight tells a different story. The energy, holding us together in orange, was truly responsible, though I would have never had that if not for my partner.

Dimensions:

24" x 18"

Medium:

• Latex on Canvas
• Plaster Gauze

Date Produced:

Apr 2009

Status:

Exhibition / Collection of the Artist