Le Toucher This series of mixed media drawings explores the theory of touch vs vision and intimate perception. The drawings are sensual and organic. To make the lines, the artist blindfolds herself and uses her right hand to draw while simultaneously using her left hand to touch her body gleaning the information needed for making the line in the absence of vision. Some of the shapes and lines in the background are made using the body as a print or paint to work into the image. The drawings serve as an inverstigation into the figure.
Empreinte Corporelle The process of creating these figure drawings involves the artist covering her own body in vaseline before performing a choreographed gesture onto the paper and bringing the image made by the vaseline forward using graphite powder. The final product is a documentation of the gesture or act.This process of drawing as a performance not only examines the experience of body, the experience of drawing itself and the relationship between the two, but also presents the issue of perception. The drawings are made on the floor and are then hung up on a studio/gallery wall to be viewed. This transition from the horizontality of the choreographic act/gesture, (or) plane of kinetic energy, to the vertical object of contemplation ie examination in the studio/gallery is a prominent topic of investigation that emerges from this series. The artist conveys the presence of human bodies, the sexual and kinetic energy that our forms posses and how this can be translated into drawing.
Leggy Girls Among other things, this series of work is an investigation into the female gaze, the nature of objectification, the nuances between sexualization and sexual freedom, and female empowerment and celebration through reclaiming ownership of body. While the work is earnest and vulnerable it is playful at heart and meant to be enjoyed by all. Leggy Girls are a celebration of women and bodies and are created to be adored.
Send Nudes Representations of women have been distorted since the beginning of representations of women. From portrayals of nude women in historic art depictions to mass media and Hollywood. We are now operating under corporate surveillance, social media algorithms and the digital Gaze. ‘The selfie’ is often associated with young women’s narcissism and therefore quickly dismissed and criticized, disabling any further discussion. These drawings portray the selfie as a rebellion against how depictions of women have been weaponized against them. Illustrating the subjects as the bearer of the gaze and the object of the gaze, playing both artist and muse. They present the act of sending a selfie as a request to be witnessed. Women are able to self-represent using the selfie, hold on to our reflection, own it, keep it and share it with others in hopes that we will be viewed exactly as we intend, and to discretion. It is a level of control that women have not historically had ownership of, yet comes in a time where our images have never had more potential to be weaponized.
At Home This series of large-scale figurative drawings subtly alludes to the complexities and shadows of everyday existence. The artists depictions of apparently banal human actions seek to contemplate and reveal the deeper psychological ambiguities of the human experience. The drawings also elicit a questioning of the viewer’s gaze. The artists depictions of women (often including herself) invite and challenge the viewer to question their role within the scene depicted, quietly exploring the nature of objectification, making the viewer implicit in the work.
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