Artist Statement.

All of my life, all I have ever know are expectations. They come full force no matter from who or for what. The reality of expectations is the possibility of being disappointed and even when it’s unfortunate for someone else, there is no way that one person can please themselves as well as everyone else. The most pressure comes from Faith, family, love and religion. Faith and religion are separated because even with someone considering themselves to be a specific “religion” it is quite common that they lean and have their own faith. Furthermore, what someone can perceive as someone else’s religion can be different than where their faith stands. In the midst of both of these regarding a higher power, there are always things that are expected of you, but there is always a gap between those expectations and reality. And that is the point of my graffiti poster. All these things that are depicted in such ways, really aren’t all that they seem to be. Love is written in purple for loyalty, family in pink for perfection, reality in yellow for transparency, faith in blue for the correspondence of the blue sky and heaven, doubt in green for the sake of insecurities and looking down, last but not least, expectations is in black. I wrote that word in black so that it would stand out the most and cause the most attention because expectations are seen as the mountain to every valley, but it is often hidden that there will be times in reality that will not be as expected because some people have to climb up that mountain and hit some rough patches. In less words, my statement is that there is a huge gap between expectations and reality, no matter what is being expected, and who is expecting it.