ANOSMIAC, 2021
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 4’ x 7’
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 4’ x 7’
Clay Hunter
My materials consist of aerosol paint, oil paint, acrylic paint, and ink, applied to large format canvas. The function of my painting is to translate my struggles and experiences with Traumatic Brain Injuries and document them in a concrete way. I achieve this by appropriating the Suprematist toolkit to examine the effects of Traumatic Brain Injuries on my own internal landscape. By using a variety of mediums applied in an associative manner I am able to portray emotions, thoughts, and memories in a visceral way that has the power to transcend many of the barriers associated with more traditional modes of conveying ideas.
While my materials and process are traditional, my work resembles a dissolution of the strictly geometric Suprematist compositions that functions to help me explore and analyze the oftentimes complex and confusing emotions and dreams precipitated by the fundamental changes to the way my brain, and therefore subconscious, functions. By rejecting the representational I am allowed to more freely express these concepts and communicate them in a digestible pictorial form.
While my materials and process are traditional, my work resembles a dissolution of the strictly geometric Suprematist compositions that functions to help me explore and analyze the oftentimes complex and confusing emotions and dreams precipitated by the fundamental changes to the way my brain, and therefore subconscious, functions. By rejecting the representational I am allowed to more freely express these concepts and communicate them in a digestible pictorial form.