Kingdom Animalia

 

2021.

The women in these paintings are clothed in aristocratic garments from throughout art history. Faces are omitted, blurred, or obstructed, symbolizing a kind of transcendentalism. Where are they going when they leave their bodies? What do they bring back with them? Is it more difficult to feel one’s animal nature underneath such extravagant fabrics? Underneath corsets? And what of power?

Beloved being | 42”x42” | Carbon black gesso and acrylic on canvas | 2021

Beloved being | 42”x42” | Carbon black gesso and acrylic on canvas | 2021

The banished book-reader | 39”x39” | Carbon black gesso, acrylic, and oil on canvas | 2021

The banished book-reader | 39”x39” | Carbon black gesso, acrylic, and oil on canvas | 2021

That which colors the mind | 42”x42” | Carbon black gesso, acrylic, and oil on canvas | 2021

That which colors the mind | 42”x42” | Carbon black gesso, acrylic, and oil on canvas | 2021

A greenhouse of one’s own | 34”x34” | Carbon black gesso, acrylic, and oil on canvas | 2021

A greenhouse of one’s own | 34”x34” | Carbon black gesso, acrylic, and oil on canvas | 2021

This jewel of a planet | 42”x42” | Carbon black gesso and acrylic on canvas | 2021

This jewel of a planet | 42”x42” | Carbon black gesso and acrylic on canvas | 2021

Lift not the painted veil | 42”x42” | Carbon black gesso, acrylic, and oil on canvas | 2021

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