54”x72” with frame

Acrylic, resin, real DMT, and DMT molecule LED on panel in frame

This piece, like a lot of my work, centers around a, for lack of a better term, emotional awakening, I had a few years ago after years of cognitive behavioral therapy, the end of a relationship, and then a deep dive into psychedelic use. While there was nothing really diagnosibly wrong with me, I was very emotionally hardened/stunted. Because I was so scared of getting hurt, I didn’t allow myself to feel or acknowledge strong emotions on any end of the spectrum be it happiness, sadness, anger, etc. While many things contributed to me breaking out of this, the final straw was experimenting with psychedelics which almost immediately opened up floodgates of emotion. In this series I try to capture that feeling. The overwhelm, the fear, and ultimately the awe and beauty that comes with experiencing life fully. I think this is a pretty human experience whether it happens dramatically all at once due to a life event, relationship, drug experience, or (and maybe more healthily lol) overtime.

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