Catharsis

2023

Acrylic on Canvas, 14 x 18

This is the first painting in what I hope to be a series. This work was inspired by my time as a front line adult physician during the pandemic, where often times all we had to communicated with each other was our eyes. My patients often masked and/or too weak to communicate and thus we have to express empathy, sadness, anger, fears, and joy through our eyes. There were eyes that will forever haunt me and eyes that brought me hope. This painting is a part of my healing journey, but also a study in color theory. The eye in the painting is depicted with a warmer color palette and the palette becomes cooler as we move away from it.