"Home Is Where the Mind Is" Acrylic Painting

With a background education in Neuroscience, anatomy, science, and medicine continue to inspire my artwork. My paintings merge science with art by re-presenting anatomy through stylized forms and hyper-saturated colors. These bright, clean paintings subvert traditional expectations of anatomical diagrams. "Home Is Where the Mind Is" is a 24" x 30" acrylic painting created during isolation and quarantine in 2020. The painting depicts a "room" within the frontal lobe that consists of one of my older landscape paintings on the wall, my dog Cotton on the floor, and this very painting in progress on an easel. I - like many other artists - found it difficult to stay optimistic and create new, meaningful pieces during 2020. I started to dream about my "happiest place", and that's when I realized that my studio where I was spending most of my isolated days had always been my happiest place. Instead of dreading time spent isolated there during the pandemic, I sought to instead find solace and refuge in my studio alone. I am extremely meticulous in my paintings, which is evident from the super crisp, clean lines and edges. I want my paintings to appear almost-digitally created even though they are done entirely by hand without the aid of tape or stencils. Color is also such a guiding force in my work, and this painting is no exception. The striking opaque colors are achieved through several coats of paint - because of this and my meticulous nature, my paintings take quite a long time.