I made this oil painting in the winter of 2023.

“Take Me As I Am In This Current State Of Being”

The title came about during a dark period. I lay on my bed and stared at the yellowed popcorn ceiling. As I let my body go limp, slipping, I imagined that creatures from a different planet were taking me away. As I am.

I suppose I wanted to capture that feeling of complete surrender. I thought that maybe if I could put it in a visual format, within the confines of a 40x60 canvas, I could understand myself just a little more. Perhaps it’s why I do so much self-portraiture— to better understand myself.