Witness
A massive eye iris rendered in full spectrum rainbow dominates the composition—pupil black as void, surrounded by every color visible and some that shouldn't be. To the right, a woman's face in classical profile breathes or perhaps screams silently. Beneath, a man in formal dress has his mouth sealed shut with cash—bills tape his voice into silence, capitalism as literal gag. A soldier holds another man at gunpoint, a torso fragment hovers, and scattered throughout are the textured surfaces of damaged minds trying to witness too much at once. The color palette riots between the eye's rainbow, turquoise and pink backgrounds, metallic gold scattered like damaged circuitry, and the sepia tones of historical violence. This is dissociative identity disorder visualized, the fragmentary way traumatized psyches perceive reality, the rainbow eye seeing everything and therefore nothing whole.
Description
An original mixed media artwork, rich with surreal symbolism and tactile intrigue. Each layer is meticulously built upon a heavy-duty stretched canvas using a myriad of materials, inviting the viewer into a world of texture and depth. Created with professional archival paints and sealed for protection, this piece is designed to endure. The included collage elements are printed with archival inks on fine art papers, ensuring the vibrancy lasts for generations.Size
12x12Materials & Techniques
mediums/materials: phosphorescent paints, found objects, paper, wax, photo collage, oxidative inks, distress paint and inks, acrylic pouring, digitally altered images, acrylic paint, watercolor, spray paint, walnut ink, staining mediums, tissue paper, mica powders, glitter, heavy gel medium, gesso, pebeo prism and fantasy paints, ceramic paint, stained glass paint, alcohol inks, iridescent inks, distress crayons, charcoal, pastels, oil pastels, string, beads, jewelry, gems, chains, buttons, foils, newspaper, vinyl, plastic, walnut inks, india ink, colorshift paints and more!Hidden Images & Elements
The rainbow eye represents altered perception, neurodivergence, the way trauma survivors see more than others (hypervigilance) while paradoxically seeing less (dissociation). Each color in the iris might represent a different alter/identity, or simply the spectrum of human experience that becomes too much to integrate. The money-gagged businessman symbolizes how capitalism silences truth-telling and how economic systems enforce silence about their violence. The soldier with gun represents state violence, war trauma, or the way force maintains power structures. The fragmented composition itself mirrors dissociative experience—moments and images without narrative coherence.Interpretation
This challenging piece explores dissociative identity disorder, trauma's fragmenting effects, and the rainbow of identities that emerge when one self cannot hold all the pain. It also critiques social systems—military, economic, gendered—that create trauma while demanding silence about it. The rainbow eye might represent neurodivergence more broadly, the way somePoetry
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