Completely forgot I had tucked this piece away in storage. What sparked my memory was hearing that a friend would soon be evicted because the owners wanted to remodel and increase the rent.

Back in early 2015, I felt extremely upset when my landlord unexpectedly hand-delivered a 60-day legal notification of a 35% increase to “encourage” me to move so she could sell the flat. A curve ball for sure! With emotions flaring, once again, my artistic expression took hold.

This is a Duralene scroll with attached pages of my lease, stenciled letters in oil crayon, and heavy accents of acrylic ink and charcoal. I made a 2nd one which expressed much more fury and fear; however, in a twit, I decided to cut it up into pieces, something I now regret. Definitely an OOPS moment!