From Sophie:
This piece is up to interpretation, but I drew it to represent mourning the simpler times when they were more carefree. You can see the character here smiling, like he remembers the fun he had in the past, but he’s caught up in more complicated and messy times in the moment that he’s painting. The painting in this illustration sort of represents how the character was more vibrant back then, and that the character is sorta stuck in the past.
