DRAWING > Cookies

Mindless Eating. 26.75" x 38.5". Pastel. May 2013. Chocolate Chip Cookies. MacBook Pro. Self Portrait
Pastel
26.75" x 38.5"
2013
Cookies in Bed. 35.75" x 28". Pastel. May 2013. Chocolate Chip Cookies. Pluto.
Pastel
35.75" x 28"
2013
Priorities. 27" x 37.5". Pastel. May 2013. Chocolate Chip Cookies. Smart Phone. iPhone. MacBook Pro. Self Portrait
Pastel
27" x 37.5"
2013
Bath Time with Cookies. 35.25" x 27.75". Pastel. May 2013. Chocolate Chip Cookies. Bubble Bath. Toilet. Loofa. Self Portrait.
Pastel
35.25" x 27.75"
2013
10 Second Rule. 23.5" x 35.25". Pastel. May 2013. 5 Second Rule. Chocolate Chip Cookie Cookies. Self Portrait. Red Keds.
Pastel
23.5" x 35.25"
2013
The Last Cookie. 23.5" x 35.5". Pastel. May 2013. Chocolate Chip Cookie Cookies. Self Portrait.
Pastel
23.5" x 35.5"
2013
Fresh Baked, Right Out of the Oven. 35.5" x 23.25". Pastel. May 2013. Chocolate Chip Cookies. Interior. Baking Cooling Rack. Self Portrait.
Pastel
35.5" x 23.25"
2013
Midnight Snack. 35.5" x 23.5". Pastel. May 2013. Chocolate Chip Cookie Cookies. MacBookPro. Internet. Self Portrait. Catherine Cole
Pastel
35.5" x 23.5"
2013

This series of self-portraits was made in response to my increased self-awareness of ways in which I irrationally consume large quantities of chocolate chip cookies. Before I started this series of drawings I had been doing pretty well on a low-carb diet, so I decided I would have no problem baking chocolate chip cookies to send to my long-distance boyfriend for Valentine's Day. But when a blizzard hit and I was unable to get to the post office, I was alone with the cookies and could not resist the temptation. I ate one or two, which wasn't a big deal. But then, the sight and the smell was too much! I caved, eating in under an hour every single cookie that I had lovingly baked for my boyfriend. I consider this series to be an honest and humorous attempt to show the lengths I have gone to, on more than one occasion, to indulge in cookies as a compulsive reaction to stress, anxiety, working under pressure, or impulsive distraction to boredom. If you also happen to notice the parallel portrayal of a mindless consumption of technology at the same time, then you are getting a glimpse of how I make comparisons and connections between different behaviors with correlative roots.