Old Man, 2023, graphite, 14 x 11 cm. / 5.5 x 4.3 in.

Old Man, Owen Whitney, 2023, graphite, 14 x 11 cm. / 5.5 x 4.3 in.

All of my work, so far, is a response to the “trauma” of being a child that constantly had to be in the hospital. I draw these portraits to visualize loneliness, depression and anxiety.