Hold Me Up (left)

Hold Me Close (middle)

Hold Me Down (right)

2015

gouache, India ink, graphite, and tea stained wheat pasted tracing paper on mixed media paper

34x80in.

This work addresses the people, substances, and acts that allow us to enjoy and maintain our everyday lives as well as the overindulgence of these things. The order of the pieces can be flipped to represent the recurring cycle of highs and lows within these interactions.