Mikala Mikala

I make figurative abstract paintings primarily on unstretched canvas. I enjoy painting on unstretched canvas because it allows me to paint against the hard surface of the wall. My interest is taking ordinary subject matter and enlarging their scale. The last six months have consisted of making acrylic paintings on unstretched canvas of cheeseburgers. They were inspired from Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans which formally started out as an experiment but soon turned into these grotesque abominations. Conversations have been brought to life of the overconsumption of foods in America, and how the cheeseburger is this symbol of the "Iconic American food". Even how food can be seen as a drug, that it can be so addicting and how the food industry is encouraging this unhealthy way of eating.