This is based on a picture that was taken shortly after my mom's brother died in a car accident. She threw my grandparents a party for their anniversary to try to cheer them up, but they still look worn out and sad. Shortly after this photo was taken, my grandmother died in car accident as well. I tried to incorporate a feeling of disconnectedness in the painting by twisting the image in a kind of surreal manner. I've always felt alienated from my family, possibly because my parents aren't big on sharing or expressing their emotions in a healthy way and the only other family members I've ever talked to outside my immediate family are my grandfather, my godmother, and my dad's aunt, and they all live in different states. I used to really want cousins and stuff when I was a kid and I would get kind of jealous hearing people talk about their awkward family reunions. My mom says she had 4 kids so we would never be lonely like she is, but I don't think it really worked out that way.
I did this painting on a panel because I really wanted it to lay flat. I did the base in acrylic and then I went over it in oil. I originally tried to do it on aluminum panel, but I don't think I prepared the panel right or maybe I went about painting it wrong, because the paint ended up looking kind of chunky and curdled.
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