KISS
DATE: 2020
MATERIALS: ACRYLIC & SPRAY-PAINT ON CANVAS
FRAMED Y/N: FRAMED
ARTWORK SIZE: 40 X 40
ARTWORK MATERIAL: CANVAS
MATERIAL COST: 16
FRAME MATERIAL: LIME WOOD
FRAME SIZE: 40 X 40 23MM REBATE
KISS
Keep It Simple, Stupid, or KISS, is a design principle from the 1960s based on the idea that unnecessary complexity should be avoided.
It felt like a good principle for this piece, and eventually for my life too.
2020 became a very clear before and after for me. Alongside everything that happened in the world, I lost my Mum, and life changed considerably.
I wanted to capture that feeling without overcomplicating it. My first attempts were, ironically, far too complicated, so I went back to basics.
The finished piece is my take on before, during and after 2020 — the lightness and optimism of before, the darkness of the middle, and the gradual return of light afterwards.
Sometimes keeping it simple is the hardest part.