2025
Acrylic on canvas
47” x 31”

This is the second of three pieces like this that will be involved in ‘Anybody But Myself’; part of the ‘Masking’ section of the show.

When we hide ourselves, there is typically not a vacuum left in the wake. Rather, we use others to take our place and fill that void. We masquerade as these other people, hoping our true selves do not slip through, and end up combining these entities into a mix of personalities that overrule our own.

A huge thanks to the three people who kindly offered their portraits for this work:
April Xie
Elizabeth Saunders
Ricky Siscos

Your contributions were essential in allowing this work to come together as wonderfully as it. I will always be grateful to you three.

There will be three final faces spread across one last canvas coming up. Stay tuned.