Panthera II | 26 x 29 in

Unscathed | 29 x 43 in

Lie in Wait II | 30 x 47 in

On the Eve | 25 x 34 in

May I Have the Floor? | 32 x 37 in

At the Ready | 32 x 40 in

Alpha IV | 27 x 27 in

Ambush | 27 x 47 in

Esprit de L’escalier | 23 x 33 in

Say Again? | 23 x 33 in

Alpha | 27 x 27 in

Fight then Flight | 27 x 47 in

Bare Hands | 27 x 40 in

Stealth | 27 x 40 in

Of Land and Sky | 27 x 40 in

Body Armor II | 27 x 40 in

Hunger | 39 x 23 in

Claws Out | 40 x 27 in

Panthera | 36 x 36 in

Swift | 36 x 30 in

Grisly Dissent | 40 x 27 in

Body Armor | 29 x 23 in

Prowess | 29 x 23 in

Tigress | 33 x 27 in

Hackles Up | 40 x 27 in

Spot Check | 33 x 27 in

Charmer | 36 x 29 in

Ravageur | 40 x 27 in

Girls and Guise Statement

Throughout history, and irrefutably still to a degree today, the story of women has been told by men. The voice of women, the depiction of women, the desires of women, were and are largely controlled by a gender that has no experience or knowledge of what it is to be female. Our government, film and advertising industries have fewer women at the table to be representatives of who women are and what we want.  This certainly has consequences on what women even believe themselves about who they should be, what they should value, and how they should project themselves. This work aims to shift the amplifier to a woman telling a woman’s story.  Girls and Guise references a play on words. In this context guise references both the facade created by men of the female gender, and the heavy emphasis of the patterned clothing in the pieces. Their clothes, or guises, are infused with feral and aggressive animals, a symbolic rebellion against the historical domesticated depiction of women.  The jarring, faceless compositions represent any and all women who desire to define their own perspective and create their own narratives. Intentional hand gestures hint at conviction. 

 

Chinese ink, watercolor, acrylic, cyanotypes, paper collage and resin.

At the Ready II | 32 x 45 in

Stripes | 35 x 46 in

Steady As She Goes | 35 x 35 in

Proud Mary | 24 x 34 in

Track and Pursue | 30 x 47 in

Much to Bear | 30 x 30 in

Limelight | 23 x 23 in

At the Ready II | 26 x 39 in

On the Scent | 29 x 40 in

She’s a Wonder | 31 x 31 in

Open Waters II | 33 x 47 in

Alpha III | 27 x 27 in

Alpha II | 27 x 27 in

Royal | 35 x 35 in

Chin Up | 27 x 47 in

Exposé | 27 x 27 in

Birdie | 28 x 27 in

Relevé | 39 x 39 in

Glass Ceiling | 39 x 39 in

Ascent | 27 x 40 in

Open Waters | 33 x 47 in

Claws Out II | 23 x 39 in

Charge | 40 x 27 in

Dominion | 47 x 29 in

Apex | 36 x 36 in

Hackles Up II | 40 x 27 in

New Skin | 36 x 36 in

Lie in Wait | 47 x 27 in

Thick Skin | 36 x 29 in