Window to the soul
Artwork Info:
Window to the soul
Acrylic paint, colored pencil on canvas
30” x 24” x .75”
2023
Care Instructions:
This is a painting on stretched canvas, so does not necessarily need to be framed.
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About this piece:
This painting is from a series of self-portraits that incorporate the use of an oval-shaped mirror that was passed down to my mother from my grandparents. I have always been interested in the potential of mirrors to represent multiple symbols simultaneously. Mirrors can reflect our environments and physical bodies, but they can also represent other types of reflections, such as reflecting on the past or dreaming about the future. In this way, mirrors can be seen as a type of portal.
In this painting, the mirror I’m holding at the center of my body is not just absent of reflection, but painted a flat black, suggesting a void or emptiness.