Sometimes I Give Myself The Creeps
acrylic, paint sticks, ink, spray
30" x 40" x 2" on gallery wrapped canvas
Sometimes I Give Myself The Creeps - Original Painting
This abstract painting pulses with restless movement and psychological tension, like a dream unraveling mid-thought. A backdrop of muted grays and whites that are cracked and textured, creating a soft atmospheric fog of uncertainty.
Over this, a tangled explosion of color erupts: fiery orange and sharp green clash with bruised purples and moody blues, suggesting inner conflict or emotional release. A looping yellow arc cuts across the composition like a rogue thought or a boundary being drawn, while energetic scribbles, blotches, and spiral forms add to the feeling of fragmented mental chatter. There’s an unsettled rhythm to the shapes and marks, a sense of spiraling, grounding, then drifting off again.
Despite the chaos, there's intention: each gesture feels like part of a coded language, an emotional map. The painting evokes that uncanny space between control and unraveling, aptly capturing the spirit of its title: "Sometimes I Give Myself the Creeps." It’s introspective, uneasy, but ultimately honest, like staring at your own thoughts until they stare back.