In my paintings I use my own body as a way of exploring and giving voice to these concerns. It is important that my work allows for the observer to think of both their own identity and the represented body in relation to the imagined or represented body of the artist. In an exhibition setting, I want the paintings to speak to each other. Painting on a large scale helps me to project the figures as larger than life. They are visceral and uninhibited, their painterliness and fleshiness synonymous, they are made of and by the body.
I make paintings of the human figure. I am interested in the different ways the female figure is represented and perceived. My work is about the experiences women encounter in their everyday life, experiences that include being disregarded, body shamed, objectified, or victimized for their bodily form. Women often try to change themselves to conform to societies ideal standards.
