Sorry for not updating! (on a side note, here's what I did for Coursework)

I know, I know, it's been a while. I went MIA because I've been abducted by aliens. Okay, just kidding.

I've been doing research at a top-notch, top-secret science facility to come up with a product that can grow human beings. No, really.

I did this painting for AEP Coursework, a major art project in which we can do a freelance artwork over half a year of any medium, of any theme (as long as it isn't too hard or impossible to do and as long as it doesn't need censoring).

It's my perception of the education system - that students are being mass produced inside a greenhouse, with rows of strawberry-shaped growth pods inside holding desks arranged in rows. They are connected to a main nutrient source (the huge grey metal-and-glass tank in the middle) by inlet pipes (shown in between the rows).

(WARNING - POSSIBLE RANTING AND SLIGHTLY EXTREME SENTIMENTS)

It's quite satirical, and I was hoping to convey my frustration about our generation being the "strawberry generation". According to our parents, youths born in the last two decades usually grow up in privileged families, and lead sheltered lives, thus leading them to become weak, pampered and in some cases unmotivated and lazy. They call us the "strawberry generation" in Mandarin, as we, like strawberries, cannot take pressure from the environment and are not hardy. Many youths of the 21st century have qualifications and "look good on paper", but are unable to handle the pressures of work and society when they leave school. This artwork suggests that the education system has a part to play in that too - that they are confining and protecting us (perhaps a bit too much), such that we become like strawberries. That is why the growth pods are strawberry-shaped, and I used red as a central color. Red also emphasizes the urgency of this issue, of course.