A frenetic and visceral self-portrait, Kim Dorland's *Zombie Painter* (2018) depicts the artist as a ghoulish, undead figure rendered in his signature heavily impastoed style, with thick, expressive slabs of oil paint building a raw and almost grotesque physicality. The work blurs the line between painter and monster, suggesting a darkly humorous meditation on artistic obsession and the compulsive, consuming nature of the creative process. Executed in oil on canvas laid down on panel, the piece exemplifies Dorland's fusion of lowbrow horror aesthetics with the rich traditions of expressionist painting.