I made “Screamer” in 2013,. It’s a digital artwork made in PhotoShop and it’s an assemblage of collected and scanned images, put together in hundreds of layers – just like the traditional techniques for oil paint, but with thin layers of images instead of paint.

I began with a simple composition, I used a texture scan as foundation for my composition, I thought it looked like a landscape and had movement and drama.

I used the surreal baby head in the wagon from an older work – “Witness” [2007], that I never really liked, so I gave it new life with the “Screamer” piece.

“Screamer” is about existential anxiety, loneliness, vulnerability and fear. I made it during a time in my life where I felt very lost and alone, scared of not knowing where I was going. I felt helpless and like I was just drifting in a dark forest, without any real destination.

It is also based on one of my earliest childhood memories. I wasn’t older than 3 when my mom took me to the woods. She found some lily of the valleys and wanted to  make a bouquet, and for a short moment she wasn’t watching me, and I stepped right into anthill – and screamed as loud as I could to get my mom’s attention. I felt scared and panicked and from that day forward I’ve been dealing with a very difficult  Entomophobia [insect phobia].

The printing process, “Screamer” is born. It is printed in an edition of 5 original prints – only 3 is still available.

A child’s version of “Screamer”, it’s so cute!