One of the simpler pieces from this set, but it's definetely one of the more emotionally charged and confrontational ones. I added a glaze that I found at a garage sale on top of the piece to help tone it down because it was too much for me to even see! The back of this piece as silly as it sounds is definitely one of my favorite moments from this whole launch. "Don't walk away, fly instead." 
 
I didn't used to consider myself a painter, if you handed me a pencil I wouldn't know what to do with it. But, after having a year to just make without instruction, guidance, or a prompt I finally found my own path and style of painting. I've secretly been working on two different collections for the past year and both heavily influenced this work but provided me with the experience to find an innate and natural way of making that felt true to me. Since this happened it almost feels like there aren't enough canvasses in the world to fill all the compositions that are constantly floating around my mind. 
 
These pieces are purely were created absent mindedly, in a meditative or manic state. These pieces lived with me in my bedroom for a month and became a journal of what I was feeling, thinking and going through and now exist as a representation of this incredibly troubling time in my life. At the end of the day it's nice to know that beauty can always come from the darkest experiences. 
 
Mediums: Hard Pastel, Oil Pastel, Acrylic Paint, Something I don't have the right to say
Canvas type: Found Canvas
Dimensions: 5x7x1 in.