Watercolor and fine-line ink on paper
30,5×45,2 cm (12×17,79 in)
WARHEADS
This artwork is about the emotions I experience in these troubling times of conflict, fear, anxiety, desperation, anguish, and a general feeling of helplessness as terrifying world events unfold. The world is starting to feel like a very violent place to me and like many people, I am affected by this. It’s a self-portrait and it’s about how much can anxiety of these times make people project a dark and hopeless future. It took me several weeks to finish.
With art, I cast a light on the shadow parts of ourselves, and our society, in the hope of sparking a desire for introspection, and an authentic search for who we are deep inside. By acknowledging and accepting the pain we all carry as the root cause of all suffering within ourselves, and in others, we can become a greater version of ourselves. Only this way can we bring a new era of harmony within and outside ourselves.