by William Waggoner

Artwork Description

Help Me Lift You Up

30.0 x 30.0 inches

lways been a fan of This Mortal Coil’s version of “Help Me Lift You Up”, with its ethereal and echoing vocals, and what seems like the contradictory action of the title. Yet last year I found myself in just such a paradox as I felt compelled to raise the spirits of someone for whom I felt very protective, and yet what this person was experiencing was so far outside my realm of understanding that I wasn’t quite sure of what to do. My usual M.O. would have been to release a flood of praise and affection, but this time I knew that approach would have the opposite effect of what I wanted to accomplish. I tread cautiously instead, and looked for clues from them for guidance; sometimes I hit the mark with my attempts, more often it felt like I fumbled so badly that it curdled my stomach and made me think I was only making things worse.

Artwork Details

Medium: Painting Acrylic

Genre: Pop Art