Veiled

I did the wood burning and sketched it. To me, it's a separation between the mind and body, which is how I feel. A disconnect. Noise. I'm not a face or a person, but brain activity. And the brain activity is all consuming. 

Doing all those vein/tentacle things took forever! 

Halfway there. 

Almost finished, without the veil fabric over the eyes. It looks a little more dry too without the glue finish. 

I cover it with this glue finish and gross my fingers every time that it comes out okay. 

This is probably the closest I've come to a self-portrait. This is my favorite wood art so far . 

Spilling out

This is a common theme for me- my brain, spilling out all over the place. That's how it feels. My thoughts are too many and they just leak out everywhere, and feel kind of consuming. I'm not contained within my own body. 

This was finished, but then I put white Gesso on top of it, which I thought was a finish, but it turns out it's a primer, and it was like I painted my entire project with white acrylic paint! So I hurried up and washed it off in the sink. I'm using plywood so it had already warped a little with the paint, but then warped even more with the washing. 

This was after it was washed. You can't really tell that I totally messed it up, except that it's a little more washed out. I still need to put more finish on it, but this is what it'll look like. 

Containment