Self portrait

Personal work. With this self-portrait I’m paying tribute to a virtual world that shaped me into who I am today.

While computer-generated images nowadays look just like the real thing, I look back fondly at the blocky, primitive virtual world of my youth. As a young queer person, it was a place where I could escape the ‘real world.’

By using oil on canvas, I aim to give this experience a timeless value in the realm of tangible art. I’m trying to bridge the gap between the primitive and the modern, between the tangible and the virtual.

Oil on canvas, 60x80cm.

Personal work. With this self-portrait I’m paying tribute to a virtual world that shaped me into who I am today.

While computer-generated images nowadays look just like the real thing, I look back fondly at the blocky, primitive virtual world of my youth. As a young queer person, it was a place where I could escape the ‘real world.’

By using oil on canvas, I aim to give this experience a timeless value in the realm of tangible art. I’m trying to bridge the gap between the primitive and the modern, between the tangible and the virtual.

Oil on canvas, 60x80cm.