Where to Start Again, Again
The work is a self-portrait in which I am emerging from a Russian nesting doll. The three dolls represent three distinct phases in my life (youth, military life, life in retirement as a civilian). I am emerging from the last phase and into my current phase as a student of Art. I have attempted to show the overall state of mind or emotion I remember from each life phase, from feeling lost as a youth, growing sure of myself in the military, being a bit angry with my country’s money and “me-first” culture as a civilian and a bit of trepidation as I attempt a different approach to self-expression through Art.