This is my six-part series titled The Modern Prometheus, and it explores the balance of life and obsession with work, all through the lens of Mary Shelley’s famous horror novel Frankenstein. I wanted to depict myself as Dr. Frankenstein in every piece, as I am the creator, and the Monster represents my work. I have always loved anatomy and had a great time depicting the Monster as I always envisioned him. Since the Creature represents my work, I wanted him to be this towering and often intimidating presence before me. Each piece has an x-ray style on certain parts of the creature to show what medical procedures would need to happen to create such a massive being. For example, in The Reflection, The Rejection, and The Monster, A Loss of Humanity you can see tiny screws in the heads of the upper and lower extremities. This is a real operation simply called limb extension where a bone is cut in two and a motor is put into the top half, which can be seen by two tiny screws. A metal rod then moves down the shaft of the bone and pushes the bottom half away, so as the bone tries to grow back together it has distance put between it to create additional height. There are bodies of text in each of the pieces from Shelley’s novel describing the events we are witnessing. Leonardo’s anatomy studies were huge inspirations for this decision as I wanted them to look like old documents. This series encompasses being obsessed with your work, and the loss you may experience from it. Who will be by my side when I go? Will it be the ones I loved most, or the Thing I created?