Faculty of Art
Drawing and Painting
Erica Gibbs
Ricky is Sux
Painting
2025
Acrylic and pencil on canvas
18x36"
Ricky is Sux is a painting of a pixelated image of my brother riding in the passenger seat of our car when he was young, overlaid with sticky notes he drew for me when he was a child that I have kept. Reflecting on the ability of smartphones to archive memories and capture the beauty within the mundane, absorbing lived moments into the digital extension of my combined being.
Work by
Erica Gibbs
Drawing & Painting, Minor in Illustration
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