Tears Don’t Dry

44 x 57cm

Oil paint and resin on paper

The light pastel undertones and imperfections such as pencil lines are made deliberate as areas of the painting are left unfinished to interpret what missing piece is left. Perhaps the absence of motherly comfort or joy. The resin also mimics the wet characteristic of tears highlighting the persistence of emotions in the moment. The manipulation of oil paint paired with the illusion of wetness from the resin alludes to ceaseless emotion in the moment and its transience.