This piece was inspired by photos I took of the staircases at the MAXXI - (
MAXXI | Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo) the museum of 21st century art in Rome. This building was designed by Zaha Hadid, and the techniques she used were interesting to me. The staircases are large, and made out of dark metal and have lights on the bottom of them, so that when you look up you can see layers of these large forms. In my piece, I used acrylic paint, charcoal, and soft pastel because I wanted to move away from being purely representational.