Neuron Twinkle

nervetowrite
Mar 14
1 min read

Updated: Mar 21

by Jill Khoury

The overall feeling of this abstract acrylic painting is vibrant and busy. The central color is a light blue striated vertically with white. There is evidence of obfuscation; the light blue and striated white has been painted on and scraped off again to allow gold, turquoise and magenta layers to peek through from underneath. Magenta ink marks scratch, gouge, and swirl atop and within the blue layer. Some of these ink marks make tendrils suggesting neurons or nerves. — *Acrylic on canvas*

Jill is a femme person with pale skin. She looks quizzically into the camera with raised eyebrows.
she wears pink cat’s-eye glasses and a black sleeveless shirt. Black and gray tattoos cover her left shoulder.

Jill Khoury (she/her) is a queer, disabled poet and artist. She holds an MFA from The Ohio State University and edits Rogue Agent, a journal of embodied poetry and art. Her artwork has appeared in Killjoy, Brevity, and the Pittsburgh Art Vending Machine. Winner of the Gatewood Prize, her second full-length poetry collection earthwork is available from Switchback Books. Connect with her at jillkhoury.com or on Instagram @sun.day.gray.