fMy group of work is focused on the elaboration of a personal story through the use of a triptych. The two, smaller side panels support the center panel, which encompasses the main piece of the story. The story starts with the left panel and depicts my first encounter with someone who would become one of my closest friends. This friendship, however, was betrayed and taken advantage of. It resulted in heartbreak and countless attempts to rekindle what was once present.

The end of these countless trials is what has been placed in the right panel. This panel involves several different aspects of my own coping strategies, most of which involve music, which is the reason there are lyrics written in the negative space. The main panel is the final piece of the story, and ends in solitude. The dark tones and viewpoint from a spectator approach are derived from twentieth century American painter, Edward Hopper.

In all three panels, the subjects are not facing the viewer but rather have their backs turned as if they are ignorant of their audience. This spectator perspective into a private scene is essential to the telling of my story because it is exactly that, a private story. By utilizing Hopper's dark palette and composition style I have recreated three essential pieces to an important experience of mine.