The works in Cannibal Fare revisited visual elements from my work over the last thirty years and recombined them in new ways.  Some of the works in the series, like Cannabis Err, were actually painted over older works.  The process of using former images and older canvases is a literal cannibalization of my own work. 

The blending of images and faces at different scales and colors creates a visual rhythm that encourages the viewer to create their own narrative about the works meaning.  Since the majority of the visuals appear in earlier works, the shuffling of scale and context blend their original intention and open the possibility of infinite interpretation.

Cannabis Err was created by painting over an unfinished experimental portrait of a military figure.

The Monopoly property strip that appears along the lower edge first appeared on Necessary Voodoo from 2014. 

The eye in the lower right corner was originally seen on the woman in Ghost Serum from 2008.

The flower in the center of the composition appeared in September 7 from the Days.

The lunar diagram surrounding the flower originally appeared in Intersection No. 1 from 2011.

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