Acetyl Fear
Pen and Oil Pastels on Canvas
About This Piece
Acetyl Fear is one of my earlier artworks, but still one of my favorites.- Year
- 2024
- Time
- 6-7 Hours
Overview: Acetyl Fear is one of my favorite pieces, a spur of sporadic creative passion kept me up all night creating it. It attempts to capture and convey emotions, stories and feelings that go hand in hand with the art style I choose to use.
Process: I used canvas, one of my favorite mediums, first outlining the molecular composition in black pen. This part of the process often takes the longest for me. As I kept creating art, the importance of molecular accuracy became a more prominent desire, despite not being as present in Acetyl Fear, I have since strived to ensure the bonds I draw are theoretically possible and accurate.
I used oil pastels for colour here, I really enjoyed how the pastels interacted with the canvas texture, and you can see the stipple-like effect that it creates, an aspect I felt would enhance the emotion of the piece.
Themes: Acetyl Fear attempts to capture the nature of drug use within a drug user. The depicted, has become addicted to drugs to the extent that they became comprised of molecules, deformed and becoming a monsterous hybrid of human and compound.
The depicted feels trapped and suffocated by this deformation, with the main display of emotion being anger and angst from them.
