Elechi Todd, Trinidad & Tobago Medium: Acrylic Paint, Glitter on Watercolour Paper Dimensions: 32x32 in Year: 2026
Description:
Cognitive Distortions transforms an ordinary Caribbean backyard into a surreal psychological landscape where memory, spirituality, and cultural identity intertwine. Familiar symbols—a hibiscus, a shrine-like figure, spectral forms, and domestic space—become layered metaphors for the ways perception is shaped by personal experience, inherited narratives, and collective imagination. Juxtaposing idyllic images of the Caribbean with subtle moments of unease, the work explores the tension between lived reality and the stories that distort, haunt, and redefine it.
