Because I enjoyed the process and outcome of the coffee paintings, I decided to do more where I could portray different emotions.

I did paintings that did not include a couple this time but instead an isolated figure, alone. The body language and situations present this idea of loneliness. In my previous research, being in an abusive relationship will make you feel an excessive amount of emotions, good and bad, I wanted to showcase as much of these as possible.

Being trapped, Feeling belittled and small are all key ideas focused on abusive relationships. In these coffee paintings I have created figures holding themselves into a ball, protecting themselves. I’ve also created a figure that appears to be trapped with their hands on what is trapping them, as a viewer we have to perceive that for ourselves. I a