When Love Breaks Down

When I was a teenager in high school art class we had to do a painting assignment that was two colors. I used this image from the back cover of the single When Love Breaks Down by Prefab Sprout. I thought I was so artsy. The painting is long since gone. I have no idea where it is now. Maybe it’s in an attic somewhere. Or maybe it’s landfill. The whole thing feels so juvenile now. But I wanted to re-create it because I remember it being such a pivotal part of my life where I became more serious about being an artist. I remember I added the hearts and some guy in the class asked me “why did you put the hearts?” as if that was the worst thing you could put with a male image. God forbid anything be even remotely gay. I said “because it’s called ‘When Love Breaks Down.’” And he goes “oh.”