“Bundle of Nerves” Oils, 30”x40”- $1500

A long while back, I came across Steve Gschmeissner’s Scanning Electron Micrograph of a cross-section of a bundle of nerve fibers. I fell in love with the landscape-like quality of it, as well as the idea of literally depicting a “bundle of nerves”. I painted one version in a collaborative piece with artist Niki Frazier, and had to revisit it as I prepared for my first Open Studios at Otis St. Arts Project. Needless to say, another work took priority and I just finished this a few days ago. I added other depictions of more magnified neurons in the background to bring context to the strange tubular shapes with confetti streamers. It now and will always represent my anticipation of my very first Artomatic. Though I don’t know exactly what kind of nerves are depicted here, I am sure that they were responsible for at least one aspect of my anxiety in the leadup to this fantastic and MASSIVE collection of artists and performers I am loosely referring to as a “show”.