Phobia Neon Green

Developed through a process of repetition and layered texture, this painting explores fear as both sensation and surface. The dense, rhythmic patterning subtly echoes reptile skin, referencing the artist’s confrontation with a reptile phobia without direct figuration. A strong taped vertical division interrupts the field, functioning as a deliberate boundary—an attempt to separate, contain, or distance the self from the source of fear. Through abstraction and process, the work transforms anxiety into structure, shifting phobia from an internal experience into a visible, controlled space.