to migraines

to migraines is a series of 1/1/50 digital paintings. Each is a 1/1 NFT with an accompanying A1 print available to the NFT holder at cost. 

40 paintings will be available via private acquisition on bhare.art, starting June 9th, 2025.

Additionally, outside of the 1/1/50 collection, a traditional 1/1 painting on canvas (framed) will be available during a week long auction on bhare.art. 

The auction will open June 9th and close June 13th, 2025.

To migraines, Bhare’s latest series, meticulously crafts the visuals of ocular distortions to capture the essence of fleeting memories in ever repeating patterns. A turnabout creation after his past series cold leftovers, Bhare’s pastel illustrations reflect upon the shift in survival and preservation to celebration of one’s own story and livelihood. These patterns are to be honoring his past while introducing a shifty uneasy feeling of infinitely repeating images. 

Normalcy is understated. Black American history has taken so many shapes over the course of more than 200 years — us now having luxuries not afforded to our communities before. As we rapidly evolve as a society, no longer do we find ourselves crafting patterns out of necessity. Bhare intentionally highlights commonplace events — birthday parties, first pets, anything rooted in finding a sense of normalcy in his scope of the world.

As Black stories further cement themselves in history, shifting the culture on its head, Bhare prompts inquiry into our creations moving forward: How will visual patterns retain their weight outside the context of survival? Who benefits from the most poignant renderings of our memories and livelihood?

Far past these intense queries, Bhare emphasizes the emotional craftsmanship weaved within these complex principles of art. His folky, breathy iconography  invites viewers to lose themselves in repetition, confronting the validity of their own perceptions of memory.