Daigneault, MichelDesRoches, Chanel2024-07-182024-07-182024-04-042024-07-18https://hdl.handle.net/10315/42133hide places the viewer in a state of distraction, removed from reality and situated in a newly created in-between space. Surrounded by constant interruption and infinite misguiding, the tangling of painterly gestures and sporadic mark-making brings forward feelings of being overwhelmed. Seemingly confident, the scale and visual forms simultaneously intimidate and draws the viewer closer. I employ abstraction as an avoidance strategy to deflect from my great fear of drawing attention to myself by making quick and irrational compositional and material decisions out of wavering anxiety. Finding humor in what feels like a ridiculous fear, I lean into the embodiment of an idealized, fearless self. Integrating loud colour palettes, awkward-yet-intentional linework, and moody titles like Bite me, I look to derail any signs of weakness. My issues with attention are only engulfed in flames and activated in public spaces.Author owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.Fine artsElectronic Thesis or Dissertation2024-07-18PaintingAbstractionDrawingPrintmakingQueer studiesAbstract paintingAbstract artFine artsFine artVisual artContemporary artContemporary paintingMaterialityScaleDistractionMixed media