Pop Art Inspired, Acrylic Painting, "Mascara Tears"

An (obviously) very emotional painting for me to come up with, execute and to this day view as a finished piece. I came up with this idea after I had one of my many major break downs during college when I had a load of personal challenges occurring at once. I had looked in the mirror after the episode, and I had liked the way my mascara ran perfectly down my cheeks from each eye. I took a picture and the rest was history. 

Ironically, years later, a scammer reached out to me through my (now deleted) Etsy shop-where they attempted to steal this piece from me along with giving me a bogus check. I lost everything in that moment, but I still managed to obtain this piece again through it all and it now holds even more emotional weight. And I think that's exactly how it was meant to be, honestly. May decide later on in the future to never sell this painting and just keep it for myself as a token of my true anguished experiences-but for now, she isn't scared to showcase her pain if someone does decide they (actually) want her for their very own (without scamming me in the process, okay thanks.)