How Do You Sleep? examines how state violence is normalized through systems that convert human life into policy, profit, and administrative language. Figures in suits represent healthcare executives positioned above a body marked with denial codes—universal identifiers used by insurance companies to refuse care. The coffin rests atop a mound of prescription bottles, pointing to cycles of dependency and disposability within corporate healthcare. Gravestones bearing only denial codes replace names, while small American flags reference military veterans and others repeatedly promised protection yet denied care. The painting does not depict an isolated act of violence, but the conditions that make such loss acceptable, asking how comfort is sustained at a distance from harm.

Medium

Acrylic on canvas

Size

36 × 48 in (91.4 × 121.9 cm)

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