Thinking about identity and the way we present ourselves.
Painting Mika's face as she paints her own face

"Face Painting"

Thinking about turning the gaze back out. Her body posture is intimate and inviting but her gaze is confrontational. I was responding to Balthus's Girl and Cat, which I had been thinking about at the time. The young girl in his painting has a look of confidence while at the same is being over-sexualized. This is problematic mostly because of her age but it also perpetuates an image of women as objects of male fantasy.

It's been ages since I've posted.
In a week I will be traveling to Medellin, Colombia to join artists Susan Mains and Asher Mains at Art Fair Medellin 2016.
Here's a bit of what I have been working on

"The Thinker"
Portrait of Carly. Contemplative and existing outside of the conversation of the male gaze.