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Faceless
A series of faceless artworks, exploring self-expression and the difficulty of defining oneself both for yourself and the people around you.
"Eat Up"
22 x 30in, Procreate, 2023
For this piece, I made a digital painting depicting two versions of a figure (myself) in an empty diner. On the right, one figure in a work uniform is serving a meal to the other figure, who is unresponsive and splayed out on the table with a plume of smoke coming out of its head. There is a main focus on the left figure as its shadow casts over the other, but the viewer’s eye is brought down as its arm extends to the figure. Both of the figure’s faces are nulled out either by completely removing and hollowing out the face on the right, or having it covered by its arm with the figure on the left. This was done to create a feeling of discomfort and surrealness with the audience, as if it were a dream. This dreamy feeling is also aided by the smoke that blocks the view of the otherwise barren surroundings, with only a slight haziness that you can see through. The use of sickly green and yellow hues throughout extends this feeling, bringing the entire piece together by emulating the gloomy feeling of a dingy diner, with no other light source other than the dull lights overhead.
"Please Hold"
6 x 10in, Procreate, 2023
A digital painting representing the mental struggle of favoritism and conforming as a coping mechanism, most specifically, with choosing a favorite color.
While simple at first, my forcing to pick a favorite color is just a puzzle piece to the large picture of identity issues that stem from coping mechanisms to fit in. The taller figure to me stands as a partially parental figure: always being depicted taking care of the other to help navigate through hardships. However, it’s almost negligent of the other figure’s true feeling, as they’re often depicted distraught or exhausted. In this piece, I wanted to turn this negligence into something more aggressive, as I feel like I force myself to feel certain ways just to make others, and thus myself, happy. The reality is, though, that I’ll never be happy forcing myself like this, forcibly pouring hot and colorful liquid into a figure grasping onto the other arm to stop. To me, this piece adds a new twist into my exploration of these two figures as a representation of coping mechanisms, as it reflects the more mentally harmful side just to make me feel “happy.”
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