During my last talk with Andrea, she had suggested looking more at Gerhard Richter and his painted photos. I thought it could be interesting to take pictures of my everyday teaching environment and paint on top of it. Over all, my school is very dark and can feel quite depressing at times. At first, I began to paint in some shallow ditches that everyday I worry kids are going to trip/injure themselves in. They also have been known to pick at the bricks and have thrown them at us as well.

I decided to push it further by going more Richter-style and create more visible brush strokes over the pictures. It really allowed for me to consider just how I feel in these spaces and how I can best represent those feelings.