Vanitas

Vanitas Still Life With Straitjacket
Vanitas Still Life with Straitjacket, 2019, 18″ x 36″, Oil on panel

“…I removed the sweaty restraints and set them aside, sometimes onto the nearby dining room table to protect them from dust. As they dried, the canvas straitjacket and matching leg restraint kept their human form, like a shell, a haunting reminder of the body that had struggled inside them. One day, after an exceptionally brutal scene, the lights were off and the evening sun entered the apartment at an angle just so.” Read More

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