​Fitting in with the current styles and materials I have been using I decided to include shades of red using acrylic paint and a dry brush. During the process I created this piece without the plan of using any colour (seen in the previous images) however I felt that the piece looked very cold which is not what I wanted. The red and the staining in the background elevates and exaggerates the emotion within the hands. I no longer see just hands but a figure trying to escape, trying to live freely. The red is a symbol of passion, love, anger, since moving out of my family home and beginning adulthood I’ve felt all of these things at once. This piece shows growth, rebirth but pain within that, which is also necessary.