Original Painting for Sale by Artist
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Painting Size:
30 W x 40 L x 1.5 D Centimeters
11.8 W x 15.7 L x .6 D Inches
Playing with paint and letting my mind wander as I listened to a biography of one of my favorite painters. While revisiting the familiar life of Artemisia Gentileschi, I quickly decided I wanted to play with metallic colors. I selected gold, bronze and copper.
The loose shape of the woman’s heaving breast and swollen stomach took form after I felt the incredible need to paint an infinity symbol. From there, I wanted to create barriers in the throat and a sense of deformity– in what was clearly shaping up to be a woman’s figure. Instinctively, I started darkening and lightening features; developing shadows, highlights, depth. Scraped on a layer of oppressed palette knife strokes, topped that off with maternal marks that felt authentic and voila.
Before I knew it, I was staring at the expectations, blessings and curses that follow the female gender. Despite “it all,” we are beautiful and full and powerful and capable.
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But I don’t want to put you in a box. We all have lived different lives and have had different experiences that shift our focal priorities and unique perspectives. The language you translate this piece into makes no difference to me so long as your interpretation makes you feel something.
When you look at this painting, what do you see? What do you feel? What do you remember? What is the first song that comes to your mind?
I’d love to hear your interpretation. Please consider with your unique translation of this painting.
xoxo,
Your Travel Artist
