Through Tinted Glasses

I interpreted this theme from the idea of a behavioral pattern of an attention bias to reach happiness, clinging to an idea of what they want something to be. This piece was based on the idiom “She’s always looked at life through rose-tinted glasses”. Which means only seeing pleasant things about a situation and not notice what’s unpleasant. This painting represents a snapshot into that state of mind in relationships. The piece is black, white and pink – showing she turned a blind eye and filtered out everything around her, even the things she believed were pleasant. In the language of flowers, daisies represent naivety and pink oleanders mean bewitching desire and caution due to the Greek myth of Leander (where he drowned and was found by his lover still clutching the flowers he picked for her). Receiving this bouquet shows the bad intent from another since these plants are extremely toxic and a single leaf could kill an adult. The background hints to a spiral (showing her spellbound state) or a target (she’s being targeted). The paint on her face is a literal representation of seeing through tinted lenses and almost being completely immersed in one’s thoughts and feelings.