Essentially, life is based on a pulsating cycle of birth, sustenance, copulation and death. This cycle is complicated by a rhythm of desires, needs, fears and beliefs. Influenced by these ideas, this body of images is constructed around the age old notion and artistic tradition of the Seven Deadly Sins. Believed to be created around the 4th century by a monk who labeled these sins simply as "evil thoughts", the Seven Deadly Sins became a common theme in European painting. Translated in present day, these vices appear as merely visceral actions of human nature, unavoidable due to our drives, impulses and insatiable passions. Reticence to act on these carnal thoughts seems to be futile and unreasonable, due to the fleeting nature of life. Through these images, I aspire to articulate the restlessness of a life that is knowingly so fragile and temporary.
The total image size is 40x180 inches, each piece consisting of six individual 40x30 inch panels.
