Senior Exhibition 2014 Gallery
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Creation Date
2014
Description
Materials: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 24 x 36 inches
Project Advisor: Benjamin D. Rinehart
Year of Graduation: 2014
Medium
Painting
Rights
Copyright for this work is held by the artist.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Keywords
Portraits, Heavy Metal, Feminism, Fantasy
Artist Statement
My work explores the female power fantasy – the reclamation of the stereotypically “masculine” strength, aggression, rage, and revenge. In the art history canon, oil paintings like my own depict women as passive players or mere decoration. Inspired by Baroque and Romantic paintings, folklore and mythology, and heavy metal, I bring women to the forefront of my dark narratives as complex protagonists portrayed with the power and roles usually reserved for men in these genres.