fragments

fragments

thursday: using vintage photos i started to paint the image of a women and worked only on her skin and hair. i used procreate on the ipad and the gouache brush. i had experimented before with layering two separate drawings onto one to enhance and give depth to the...
put up your dukes

put up your dukes

wednesday: we keep hearing about russian interference in the media. i wonder why can’t something be done about this? if we knew this was happening in the last election, why is it still an issue? here’s my response. old russian language book, a couple of...
selling perfection

selling perfection

monday: using an ad from the stanley brush company of the 1930s we can see what was being sold to women and how they were made to feel they needed all these products. i used blue card stock as the background and mod podge glue for these. i need more glue sticks.  view...
mind handlers

mind handlers

monday: i worked on this series last week, starting with found magazine article on mental illness in the 1950s. it made me think how women were portrayed in that era and how behind the scenes, at home, in treatment and in hospitals there was so much abuse.  view...