'Ophelia'

Completed: April 2003
Medium: Oil on canvas

And you don't seem to understand
A shame you seemed an honest man
And all the fears you hold so dear
Will turn to whisper in your ear
And you know what they say might hurt you
And you know that it means so much
And you don't even feel a thing

I am falling, I am fading, I am drowning,
Help me to breathe
I am hurting, I have lost it all
I am losing
Help me to breathe...

Ophelia is one of my favorite literary characters, and I utilized this surrealistic approach to capture some of her madness that classic (and better) artists didn't tend to touch upon in their portrayal of her... Flowers and her dress.. Drowning. The upside-down text describing words associated with the chaotic emotions of femininity, such as "Hysteria".. Falling up from the orchestrated symphony of space into the tumultuous sea..