As I bite my nails to the core, I sit and ponder if I can just go one day without it. I can’t afford
another sleepless night I think, as I take a drag. It’s better this way, I say over and over like a
broken record, breathing in through my nose and out my mouth. This way I won’t feel so alone, I tell myself. Addiction is a brain disorder manifested in parts of the brain holding the function of
our judgment, decision making, learning, memory, and behavior control. This high dependency
on a substance that can’t walk or talk, but it has the power to control just by existing. Addiction
can be brought on in ways someone never saw coming. They can be born with it, or it can be
created, and either way it festers within. Compulsive engagement, rewarding the desire despite
the consequences your little “friend” brings.

We have to learn other healthy coping mechanisms. A coping mechanism that lets addicts escape reality and kill the pain. A distraction to not let us feel, once an addict is able to conquer their primary addiction typically another starts up or continues. It’s a regimen, showing the temptation to pick up another addiction.

What I want to project in this series is strict structure, using addictive elements to create texture.Texture for how we feel, the elements for what we think we need and the perfect figures for regimen. Instead of digesting the materials, I am indulging in giving them a new purpose.

Through comparison of portraiture and mixed-materials, my work preserves outward identity
while shedding light on the insecurities we are often too nervous to talk about. With timely
actions of shooting photographs of society, to rubbing image transfers, and stroking paint; I
create relatable yet timeless imagery. By using light and color I present the viewer with real
world issues in a playful manner. I desire to preserve people’s true identity, with my direct concepts and give viewers new perspectives.