Failure by Design

Failure By Design, 2019
Krista Wright
Acrylic on Canvas
18 × 24 × 1.5in

About this Work

This is a painting of one of my ex-boyfriends. He was one of the best guys I had ever been with but in the end it wasn't a match. We were both in different places in our lives-myself young and ready to take on the world and him going through a quarter life crisis topped with depression. I realize one of the biggest reasons  that we Broke up was because I took his mental illness personally. I still feel guilty for leaving him while he already felt so down but I know now that I couldn’t have made him happy and that is ok-No one can be anyone’s medicine. I thought that Failure by Design would be the perfect title for this piece and that feeling. It is also the title of a super angsty song by Brand New that makes me think of how he might have felt about himself at the time. I didn't have the Empathy I needed for him then, but he was an awesome guy and partner and this piece will always remind me of the things that he taught me about love, honesty, and self-care.

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