we are too! Painting

"we are too!" started as diptych about one person and the relationship with itself but it soon became about a relationship between the teacher and a student. Part of the materials used were a gift from the student to the teacher when he graduated so the student seeped into the painting through their gift. As the painting grew it became clear that one side of the diptych was interacting with the other and eventually the work became one single piece representing the way how both student and teacher influence each other and push through the difficulties of growing up and acceptance.