Infinite Loop

Over two-thirds of Americans have faced the burden of rising drug prices and the devastating reality of being prescribed medications that their insurance refuses to cover. For many, paying out of pocket is not an option; it becomes a cruel negotiation between nourishment and survival, between putting food on the table and enduring untreated pain.

This body of work seeks to expose and confront the ever-shifting power dynamics between patients and the insurance systems that claim to serve them. It visualizes the quiet agony of those caught in cycles of denial, delay, and dehumanization—where individuals are reduced to case numbers and dollar amounts.

The transparent layers within the images reveal what lies beneath the surface: fragments of insurance denials, instruction pamphlets, and clinical paperwork—a collage of bureaucracy that forms the fragile architecture of contemporary healthcare. These translucent veils invite the viewer to look closer, to uncover the hidden emotional and physical toll that exists beyond the sterile language of policy and profit.

Bright, saturated hues create an atmosphere both alluring and unsettling—a tension that mirrors the contradictions of our healthcare system, where healing is promised but withheld. Each painting centers the human presence within this machinery, reminding us that behind every prescription and every refusal is a person—a body, a story, a life depending on what has become an industry of exclusion.

This series is not just an observation, but an act of resistance. It asks us to question how a society can justify withholding life-saving care in the name of profit, and how we have come to accept such cruelty as normal. Through these works, I hope to rehumanize what has been rendered invisible, to give form to the suffering that bureaucracy so efficiently conceals, and to challenge the systems that have made illness a commodity.