Girlshop

By Paul D Robertson

Oils and some other stuff

65x 45cm

Available for Sale

I did this while still at university - and while still drinking and in deep despair.

The right side of the piece contains my forearm, shoulder and chest, with my self-harm and suicide attempt scars emphasised in red. The rectangular thingie has my initials in it but all distorted with cuts.

The figure in the middle left reaching towards the yellow bar is some awful version of myself. I am quite short, after all. Well not that short. Pretty short. So there is a bar and I am trying to be tall enough to reach it.

I called it girlshop as I was so lonely for so long at that time... and I was pretty screwed up about how to actually meet anyone. It was not a good time. I painted it on gyprock (the stuff used to cover walls) as I had no money for food, let alone canvas or board.