This piece marks number 11, and was inspired by the song Salt, by Bad Suns. I was going for a sort of opposite ends feeling in this piece, and I will try my best to explain what its all about!
Starting with the figure on the left, she has orange hair, light green headphones, and horns coming out of her head. There are two hands placed in front of her, the hands are red mixed with purple. Her eyes are blue, and she is neck up in orange water. Around her head and in the sky above her are varieties of fruit, watermelon, starfruit, raspberry, tomato, strawberry, kiwi, and lemon. And although it is a bit hard to see, there is salt in both of her eyes. In this piece, I hoped to pass along what I felt that the song really conveyed! A sort of loss of identity, and a desire to have a real one. And feeling salt, but wanting to really feel sweet. "Cause these memories are nothing to me, just salt." I wanted to try and convey that as best as I could. The figure in the painting is trapped by her current identity, trapped by bad feelings. All around her is sort of "low hanging fruit" the things she desires, but she couldn't get to it. Shes sort of sinking into these waters, and shes trapped in them, and can't get free. I was attempting the blue background as a sort of normal, happier skyline that she'll never have, because shes stuck behind these falsehoods, her salt. I really wanted the concept of having negative emotions, or having bad thoughts about yourself, and hearing music that sometimes reminds you that you are stuck like that, be very evident. Of course, forward and directly conveying things can be a bit difficult, and there was some confusion. especially for me, I find explaining things in long winded conversations to be oddly difficult. Once again, thank you for reading! I hope there is clarity, if not, feel free to comment with questions! -Kaitrin
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