Nora T., Hands That Hold The World

Hands That Hold The World

Nora T.

11th Grade

Acrylic and Oil on Matte Board

Edward Little High School

Auburn, ME

Androscoggin County

Teacher: Matt Peinado

“The objective handed to me when beginning this project was to find a word in a book and create something surrounding the term. “Creative constraints”. When scanning through my favorite poetry novel, I found my finger lying over the word: hands. I wrote down everything that I possibly could, from fingernails to skin, to holding and kissing, to everything. I found myself focusing on the ideas of different expressions of love. This idea focuses back to a piece I've created recently. This past piece centered around the poetry of the action of peeling an orange. And the love behind it. I decided to make this piece a continuation. This piece is acrylic on a matte board. Using new and old brushes, and wide and short strokes. I faced this painting toward the light as I chipped away at the idea that inhabited my brain. This painting is the embodiment of the idea: Who is to hold the hands that hold the world?”