It’s Just Black and White
Materials: Hand-stretched canvas, acrylic paint, latex paint, a bit of envy, a lot of understanding, a pinch of annoyance, fun, years of exposure to couples living in this dynamic, a long history of online dating, witnessing relationships like this, a lifetime of being enamored with love, a love of visual aids
Dimensions: 37x48
Series: Compatibility Series
Year: 2016
Price: $5,036
The Compatibility Series is a visual aid to express the way two people come together in a relationship. One side is the feminine, the other the masculine. Each “brick” is a part of a bar graph of their characteristics.
We all know a couple like this … they see things as simply black or white, no in between, no gray area. They share the same point of view on most subjects and in a group discussion emphatically agree or aggressively disagree like your difference of opinion has somehow insulted them personally. They’re cold and often dismissive and their cold shoulder treatment isn’t reserved for the public. You can often hear them being dismissive and obstinate to each other in a disagreement. Raise their voices, never, but a high-brow death stare is a common practice for these two. Love them or hate them. I’ve found peoples feelings about people like this to be as polarized as the couple is themselves.