Stomach Acid

The piece takes a magnifying glass to the human body, zooming into one of the main organ system, the gut. Using heavy psychedelic colours and eclectic imaginative sctructures to conjure my take on the gut biome, or the stomach acid. There is an ancient aboriginal belief that the largest, most powerful brain is the gut, the second is the heart, and the last is the logical brain itself. Recent scientific discoveries indicate the gut, the enteric nervous system (ENS), is responsable for sending signals to the brain that determine mood, digestion and the way we think. The fact this ancient, spiritual belief has been somewhat backed by scientific research is highly intriguing to me. Similar to a Wheres Wally? book, or a painting by Hieronymus Bosch, the purpose of this piece is for the audience to become lost within the detail of the landscape. Like alot of my other works, this piece intends to be a visual feast, colourful and intricate while also maintaining a sense of narrative. I see this piece as a fantasy landscape, but one that exists within my version of what the human body looks like.