Bryan Lewis Saunders: Self Portraits under the Influence.

 

90mg Abilify (after 3 months usage 3x maximum dose)

Bryan Saunders, a fine arts graduate of the East Tennessee State University, USA, subjected himself to ‘artistic clinical trials’ of various substances which are known and not so known ‘mind benders’. In wanting to re-configure perceptions of the self, while articulating the self via media, Saunders resorted to the intake of the likes of Xanax, Ambien, Cephalexin, Loritab, Crystalmeth and such, over a period of time. The results are ‘psychotropic’, to say the least. Saunders suffered some cerebral damage after these experiments. Please, please do not try this at home, office, or anywhere else for that matter. What is of interest is the visual re-construction and re-presentation of the self in each case.

Ativan / Haloperidol (dosage unknown in hospital)

10mg Zyprexa (after 2 weeks in hospital)

50mg Zoloft

2mg Xanax

Valium IV, (Albuterol, Saline & Oxygen mixture)

Valium I.V. (dosage unknown in hospital)

20mg Valium

100mg Trazadone

100mg Seroquel

Salvia Divinorum (right before but mostly right after)

Ritilin (dosage unknown-snorted)

4mg Risperdol

Marijuana Resin

1 Glass of Pruno

2 Pot Brownies

7.5mg Percocet

PCP

Nitrous Oxide / Valium I.V. (dosage unknown in hospital)

Nitrous Oxide

2mg Nicotine Gum (after quitting smoking for 2 months)

Psilocybin Mushrooms (2 caps onset)

Morphine IV (dosage unknown)

G13 Marijuana

Marijuana (Kine Bud)

10mg Loritab

3mg Klonopin

7.5mg Hydrocodone / 7.5mg Oxycodone / 3mg Xanax

Huffing Lighter Fluid (during and right after)

Huffing Gas (during and right after)

60mg Geodon

DMT (during and after)

1 shot of Dilaudid / 3 shots of Morphine (In the ER with kidney stones)

4mg Dilaudid

1 “Bump” of Crystalmeth

2 bottles of Cough Syrup

Computer Duster (2 squirts)

1/2 gram Cocaine

250mg Cephalexin (painted w/ watercolor pencil, water and cephalexin)

Butane Honey Oil

4 Butalbitals (dosage unknown)

15mg Buspar (snorted)

Bath Salts

10mg Ambien

10mg Adderall

1 sm Glass of “real” Absinth

Abilify / Xanax / Ativan (dosage unknown in hospital)

 

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Lukas Morkunas
Lukas Morkunas
11 years ago

hello. I really like your art work would you be able to sell any of these works?

Lance Mulroy
Lance Mulroy
11 years ago

Inquiring American minds would like to know; and Saunders is an inquiring American.

Darren
Darren
11 years ago

may I say, stunning experiment, and at what risks! Hope Bryan is up and about. There will always be a few who push the boundaries, for better or for worse

Harry Potter
Harry Potter
11 years ago

Super-freak!

marylou
marylou
11 years ago

What can i say…..amazing visions…and very intersting to see the many selves within one self..i think of this often..very philosophical work ..i think

Jakubowski
Jakubowski
11 years ago

I’m not sure if he is courageous or plain foolish, nice skills though.

K Graziani
K Graziani
11 years ago

More than anything else – insightful!

Vibha
Vibha
11 years ago

Certainly takes a lot of courage to do something like this…and some of them are amazing. Art is beautiful, and I like the fact that each of the portraits are so different from the other.

T Luedke
T Luedke
11 years ago

Fascinating study. Hope the artist is back to normalcy. raises the question, how far are you willing to go for art’s sake.

charu
charu
11 years ago

he hospitalized himself doing this? how crazy is that!

Rasta
Rasta
12 years ago

Some of these are amazing, I can only imagine what he might have attempted via these portraits. for me, I would not even lift a pencil after intake, forget self portraits haha

Jamie
Jamie
12 years ago

always wanted to do this, but never got round to it :) hope Bryan has recovered well. Courageous and well, foolish at the same time..but who am I to judge? Peaceout

N Rozman
N Rozman
12 years ago

I like the Valium one and the PCP one