Title: No, I Won’t Let You. 2024.
Medium: Acrylic and Mixed Media on Gallery Depth Canvas.
Dimensions: 24 inches x 30 inches x 1.5 inches.
Framing: Unframed.

"No, I Won’t Let You" is a visual description of an emotion I unpacked while making this piece. As I worked through the emotion, what it came down to was that I was getting in my own way in life.
This is the poem/journal entry I made after creating this painting:
No, I won’t let you.
No, no, no.
You cannot have the things you want.
The things you want, don’t want you.
What am I supposed to do, if the things don’t want to?
What am I supposed to be, if they just won’t let me?
If I am they and they are me,
Why can’t I just let things be.
Why can’t I just succeed.

Signature, Year, and Title on the back.