I wanted to try my hand at this style I discovered about a year ago when I painted the series including the popular ‘Tango’. I wanted to try this super colourful style with a subject that was less ‘sexy’ and approachable. So this began as a colourful, simple figure, and gradually became more about exploring issues of social anxiety and depression. This is reflected through, firstly, the pose, but also the closing in pressure of the repeated geometric patterns of the background. What it means, if anything, is up to you!