(2024) Oil on canvas. 20" x 60" 
 
This was inspired by one of my favorite painters, Hernan Bas' recent body of work titled, "The Conceptualists." Like Bas, I decided to start a small series of paintings where I painted whatever I wanted.

I decided the theme of the series would be "urges." Of all kinds. This one is about how I really like tattoos, and if I had the money, I'd cover my body with tattoos.The figure I use in these series is a character of me. It kind of looks like me, and it is based on me. But not exactly. In real life, I also wouldn't exactly get these tattoos. Instead the tattoos pictures are a mix of what I have already, what I know I want, art references, and whatever popped into my head at the moment of creation.

This series is also inspired by my hopeless desire to escape the place I grew up in. Which can feel so impossible at times. A fictionalized representation of my life and desires.

Cause really, why not?