Growing up with the influence of social media, it's easy for many of us to get caught up in the  cycle of doom-scrolling. Given recent events and the current state of the United States, we can  easily fall into a rabbit hole of information driven by the internet's algorithms. This often leads to  a flood of negative images that overwhelm our minds, making us feel disconnected from our  thoughts and emotions.  

My painting went through multiple layers as I made artistic choices to support this  message. The color palette features somber beiges (with both thick and thin paint application),unfinished patches of white paint, and areas with a simple blue underpainting, each contributing  to a fragmented glimpse of reality. Through expressive and loose mark-making, I created areas  that disrupt the figure or scene, where some aspects disappear and reappear due to the dripped  paint.