STORY OF: CUBE OF LONELINESS - 2021. Acrylic, gouache, oil on canvas
65cm x 80cm
This painting was my first self portrait. Instead of a clear image of my face, I decided to focus on a certain emotion I felt when I took a little trip, which inspired this piece.
I felt trapped in a see through cube, while simultaneously trying to convince myself I wasn’t. I was with people, but felt like the only person in the world, alone.
I was wrapped in darkness, but light still found it’s way in to guide me out safely. I portrayed that feeling with the moonlight shining in the window.
When I tried to pull myself out of that cube, I would just step into another, like it was an ever continuing tunnel.
Regardless of what I felt, I did manage to get out. Light always prevails.