Do I want to be made well?, 24” x 30” mixed media on canvas.
SICKNESS IS A PLACE is a series of mixed media pieces meant to illustrate and immerse the viewer in the disorientation and struggle, of chronic illness, while also finding beauty and significance.
Flannery O'Connor talked about illness as a place:
"I have never been anywhere but sick. In a sense sickness is a place more instructive than a long trip to Europe, and it’s always a place where nobody can follow. Sickness before death is a very appropriate thing and I think those who don’t have it miss one of God’s mercies."
Raised components emerge from the surface to confront the viewer in the torn and re-constructed maps, littered with medical detritus. Completed in 2022 using vintage road maps, cyanotype origami shapes, acrylic paint, glitter, spray paint, gel pens, cotton gauze, medical wrap, prescription sheets, and more.
Always in the waiting room, 20” round mixed media on canvas.
Side effects likely (Did I remember to take my medicine?), 24” x 30” mixed media on canvas.
The substance of things hoped for, 24” x 30” mixed media on canvas.
The way through, 16” round mixed media on canvas.