Deaths Awakening was painted live at Wakaan Music Festival in Arkansas and is reactive to UV light. The concepts and imagery were conceived through the studying of art history and a lot of thinking about my own personal beliefs. Within history and practice, geometry is a symbol for wholeness, perfection and divinity. Geometry is something that is so natural but appears so otherworldly when compared with typical life. In contrast, the skull and roses are traditional symbols of ‘Memento mori’ or a reminder of death and mortality. The combination of these symbols within Deaths Awakening speak to a belief that I hold: although we are mortal, the divine and conscious parts of ourselves remain after death and often reveal themselves through death. Consciousness and divinity are universal, steadfast, and unwavering… even when our bodies and world is not.
Deaths Awakening
28”x36”
UV Acrylic on Canvas
October 2019