Art Description (What inspired you to create the artwork?) For this painting, I was instructed to pick an object and paint it in a monochromatic palette. I tried to find a white object for awhile and finally found a white lighter. I decided to paint it with cadmium red paint because I like how rich it looks and its scale. This painting is very special to me as it was a good learning experience. Even though I know I can learn from it and improve, it never fails to make me feel good when I look at it. My favourite part about it is the background colour and how it contrasts with the subject and pulls the entire painting together. With myths and stories that follow the subject’s reputation, this makes it forgetful in this rendition; Captured in a rich cool red surface, bordering a light pink lighter painted in various shades and tints. Each brushstroke moving with the form of the lighter all in all making it a bold piece that will capture one’s eye.