Fill Up My Red Cup

Fill Up My Red Cup depicts the energy and uncertainty of the college experience in Charleston, South Carolina. The work captures a moment of newfound freedom, where young people gather to celebrate, socialize, break from expectations, and live within the moment. Figures wait outside, dress to impress, smoke on balconies, and gather along fences, creating a crowded and energetic scene filled with movement and anticipation. The variety of characters reflects the many people brought together by nightlife and the desire to experience freedom. Rather than presenting college life as purely carefree, the work captures the fleeting, slightly reckless atmosphere of a period defined by experimentation, excitement, and the feeling of being alive in the present.