Body Mapping

As someone living with c-PTSD, I’ve known long stretches of disconnection from my body.

Topography • Microscopy • Theology of the Body • Trauma Recovery

Centre of Chest

50 x 40 cm. Acrylic on Canvas.
Painted in the summer of 2019. Available

Body Mapping grew out of a desire to return to embodiment not only as a psychological process, but as a spiritual one.

Cervix

40 x 30 cm. Acrylic on Canvas.
Painted in October 2019.
SOLD

My Catholic faith has taught me that the body is not something to transcend, but something sacred.

A place of suffering and of redemption.

Amygdala

30cm x 20cm. Acrylic on Paper.
Painted in 2018.
Private Collection

Each painting begins with focused attention on a specific region of the body.

Left Temple (Headache)

50 x 40 cm. Acrylic on Canvas.
Painted in September 2019
SOLD

I translate the sensations into an image, using vivid colors and circular forms on canvas or paper. These are internal landscapes, both real and imagined.

Heart

30cm x 20cm. Acrylic on Paper.
Painted in 2018.
SOLD

The aesthetic draws from early 2010s biomedical animations, such as The Inner Life of the Cell by XVIVO (Harvard/XVIVO, 2006–2011).

These digital works introduced a new way of seeing cellular life - immersive, detailed, and animated. While anatomical illustration has a long history, this moment made the microscopic feel newly alive, blurring the line between science and visual culture.