Much of my work possesses a dualism (light + dark, thoughtful + capricious) and this piece is no exception. I sat down to make a silly painting of bananas that involved a lesson in color theory for my K-5 students, namely complementary colors in this example. What developed is this acrylic painting of a bunch of bananas that show two different points of a banana's shelf life. In both periods these bananas are not what most people would consider "ready" to eat as one side is overly ripe and one is under ripe.

This piece serves as a palpable parallel to the degradation and loss of value of all organic organisms.