Perceptions are deceiving—more often than not, our outward expression of our emotions is different from how we are actually feeling. There are standard expressions associated with each emotion—a happy person smiles, a sad person cries, an angry person frowns and yells, and so on. Regardless of societal expectations for emoting, each individual expresses themselves in their own way. When one person is sad, they may cry, while another person who is sad may self-isolate. Just as there are standards and alternatives for how individuals are expected to emote, there are also standards and alternatives for completeness in art. As I grappled with the comparison between the different ways we emote, I explored what it means for a work of art to be complete. Visual completeness, or lack thereof, is depicted in the series through varying amounts of line work, rendering, color blocking, abstraction, and strategic use of negative space. In short, this series compares the standard expression of emotions and their alternatives through a visual exploration of what it means for art to be “finished” or “complete”.