The vase depicted in this work was my great-grandmother's, and now my mom keeps it populated with Alstroemeria lilies. These lilies were also in my grandmother's wedding bouquet, making this print a generational piece.
This work symbolizes how no matter how much you try to change and create a new self, your past self will always be a part of you, and it resembles your current self more than you think. I attempted to make this painting appear to be a skull inside a…