"Remembrance" - Significant Memory Project

I decided to depict the experience I had when my grandmother passed away at the end of my summer in 2012. I wanted to create an image that displayed the grief that overwhelmed my being when I was coping with her death so I created jagged edges all around the central image to convey a message of possessing a  shattered reality that was bittersweet. The birds which are ironically within the broken frame are meant to represent my grandmother's freedom. I used both graphite and black acrylic paint to create this image.

Elements:
-Line
-Shape/ Form
-Value
-Texture
-Space/ Perspective

Principles:
-Rhythm/ Movement
-Proportion/ Scale
-Balance
-Unity
-Emphasis