I did this painting almost 20 years ago (gasp!) as a senior in high school. It's a self portrait. It was submitted to a school district art contest, so I had to include an artist's statement, which was still attached. I apparently was "originally excited about the challenge of doing a very large portrait", but in the end, I hoped the viewer "left with the feeling of big happiness."
Alanna helped me demonstrate how big the painting was- as tall as a 5 year-old! I believe it is the largest painting I've ever done, and actually, when I was taking the photos and as I've been writing about it, it makes me happy, too.
And, now that it's immortalized here, I can finally get rid of it. Yay! for spring cleaning!
