Solitude

gouache, color pencil, and markers

13" x 9"

"Solitude" is a piece about my so-called 'solitude' at school that has become more of isolation. I have thoroughly separated myself from my peers and spend most of my time on campus alone. I eat, sit, and walk, and my interactions are limited at best. At this point, I do not know if it's my doing anymore or if this 'solitude' was just a way of coping from being isolated. In the piece of I have repeated lockers iconography in bright colors, showing this is the real world we live in. I also have my phone, headphone, a mechanical pencil, and an apple pencil on top of the lockers. These are my means of coping are a school, there in black and white because they are quick fixes but not the solution. They do not have a place in the real world.