Atticus Santilli

My work acts as an evidence board of my own psyche, red string and all. To work through my OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), I create stories and characters representing my struggles and identity. My internal world comes out in my artwork in a mix of 2D mediums such as acrylic paintings, mixed media, and short films. Some of my subjects are horrific and surreal, but in a way that is entirely familiar by using iconography from the world around me and the world I grew up in. My work is an exploration of mental interconnectedness via object symbolism and recurring characters, to tell an unsettling narrative much like a bad dream. The characters created through the work drive it, extending past the idea that they are just characters by becoming personal symbols for the greater concepts I explore in my work.