The Eyes of a Past Lover
He wrote me love letters and placed them on my windshield, took me out on the ice lake to watch the stars, and called me every day on the payphone, the one thing he couldn't do was put his pride aside to accept that I wanted him for who he is now. In that moment I asked him to be with me as he is, not as the man he wishes to be. He wanted to give me the world and I wanted him to as he was. So I left. The distance between us grew wider as the phone calls ended. Then and there my pretty blue-green-eyed man became a story, a love story I will never forget.
Today I wonder what if...
Design
This piece is a 3D mosaic with a dome-shaped pupil, set against a transparent background where each tile is carefully affixed. I chose a 3D design to evoke the sense of a soul emerging from the artwork itself. The tiles of the iris vary in color and texture, combining both glitter and matte finishes, to add depth and dimension to the piece.