It doesn’t matter how much older I get, every time I’m faced with my adulthood I still feel like a little girl playing dress up.
It’s also funny that the older I get, the more I realize a lot of adults are in my exact same position. Feeling around in the dark praying that we’re making the right decisions!!
Did you know that Queen Ursala had a cousin!? Me neither, but isn’t she cute! I found this creature in my sketchbook and wanted to expand on her character. She reminded me of Ursala the sea witch from Disney’s The Little Mermaid, so I decided to run with it.
Deadly to women, the male gaze is entrenched in our society. It is the main vantage point of movies, for our clothing construction, and especially in the workforce. Oftentimes men will say or do something that traditionally can be seen as acceptable behavior but in today’s world can be viewed as harassment. When you’re conditioned to intuitively accept those behaviors you can find it hard to respond and to know how to draw the line.
This saying “Sho’ me your smile darling,” has followed me throughout my lifetime.
Til this day it still irks me.
The subject for this gouache series explores the lines between instinct and rationality. I read a group of metaphysic articles then reacted to them by creating these paintings. The articles discussed the subjects of rationality in relation to topics like sexuality, masculinity, and groups (societies/cultures).
With that knowledge I created a new world.
The time and location of this world is unknown. All that is known is that there was a city, now abandoned and occupied by primitive beings. The occupants who once lived in the city fled to the outskirts for a new life.
I decided to combine my two favorite subject matters, patterns and the color pink. 1960’s illustrations were a big influence for me, Peter Max especially!!