The Good Doctor

"The same hands that heal can unmake everything, it just depends which face you're wearing when you walk in."
- Nat Berhe

A split-faced portrait of Dr. Henry Jekyll and his monstrous alter ego stares directly out from the canvas, one half composed and bespectacled, the other a snarling green-skinned creature with a bloodshot eye. The seam down the center of the face is drawn with surgical precision, the white lab coat below serving as an ironic symbol of professional legitimacy. Against a deep red ground, Berhe uses this literary archetype to examine how institutions, authority, and respectability mask the violence within.

Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 36" x 36"