A Diet of Imitation

11 x 17 Watercolour Cold-pressed paper. Watercolour & Gouache. 2023.

Our understanding of true nutrition has become lost to us over the years, and we will often go to great lengths to alter our food's appearance and characteristics to fool ourselves into believing this is what our body needs.  

In this illustration, the varied diet of the Red-Sided Garter Snake is used to visualize this.