Drawing
By Saint John Vortimer Smith
51 x 76.5cm
Oil on canvas
Comments from the artist
"Alucinari" seeks to visualize imagination and the flow of thoughts through the use of hallucinatory imagery and vivd colors. The artwork depicts the artist's self-portrait juxtaposed with a close-up of the pansy flower, which symbolizes thought after the French word "Penser" which means "to think". The oscillations and hallucinatory patterns immerse the viewer to get lost in the swirling motions, and by extension, in their thoughts.
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