Vanitas

Vanitas Still Life With Straitjacket
Vanitas Still Life with Straitjacket, 2019, 18″x36″, Oil on Panel

16th Century vanitas paintings traditionally depicted items of indulgence combined with reminders of the transience of life, certainty of death, and futility of pleasure. This piece marks the end of two years of intermittent self-torture via painting.

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