This piece explores the use of a material that women consider no longer useful. I watched around 50 different women throw thousands of dollars worth into ziplock bags for me to create this portrait. The makeup was deemed either empty, too old, or just not pretty. I was interested in recycling the makeup in a way that it was intended to be used (to cover a face), but simultaneously does something you wouldn't expect makeup to do. The pieces and tubes became my brushstrokes to add up to an "Unpainting." Conceptually, the image raises a lot of questions that I'm still pondering. Why do women wear makeup? What do we gain; what do we lose? Does it reveal something about someone or conceal it? Is its purpose to cover up, emphasize, or imply youth? Is this specific makeup on this board an answer to these questions? Maybe it's that we are all empty, too old, or just not pretty. Don't ask me, I just made this up.