my first painting

it's been awhile since i've updated. i wasn't going to, but steven thought it would be a good idea and I agreed. Sometimes I need a little external motivation to do something. Basically, my friend Patrick let me come out to his studio space and create this work of art. I have been going through all this emotional stuff lately, and have been overly analytic. I need some type of artistic outlet because my mind isn't able to grasp everything that's been going on.. I had been thinking a lot about metaphors to try and figure it out, and came up with the idea for this painting. I had so much fun making it- patrick even showed me how to stretch the canvass myself, so i literally made the entire piece myself (well, with some help with the canvas from patrick)

below are some photos from the event.