Oil on Panel - 36" x 48"

Artist’s Statement Video

Grand Prize - Boynes Artist Award - 2024 - 11th Edition

Sometimes people expect things that are too demanding and self sacrifice is the result. This painting symbolizes having learned this personal lesson the hard way, struggling out of “the rabbit hole”. Alice always thrives and so will Alex finding herself in a Wonderland of sorts as she manages her own personal issues. Alex is faced with the absurd demands by all of the animals to produce “prizes” after the race as “everyone has won”. As she desperately fumbles through her pockets she realizes that all she has is a handful of candies. There are just enough for everyone but her. They demand that she too must have a prize and a thimble is all that she has left in her other pocket. Alex relates to the absurdities of life's demands and continues on her journey to make herself a priority in it.