On my home front, I have years of ideas to sculpt, paint, and assemble. The garage is being transformed into a studio as I write (when I have a long weekend, that is, LOL!)
My Art is eclectic, my style Surreal. A combination of “Assemblage” of ready-made objects; “Sculpture” mostly bronze or fiberglass; and my favorite Oil and Acrylic painting; all in the same vein as my Womanhouse Kitchen, having a feminine point of view. My subjects are always Surreal and about my personal female experiences and opinions (not always appreciated). Of course, I have painted my dog and cat, these are things we love and as an Artist will always appear in my Art.
Examples of my recent small acrylic paintings: (Excuse bad jpegs)
This untitled acrylic portrait of my Daughter, in a renaissance iconic Mother Mary style, has a twist. She wears a modern black Hoody with gold trim and is embracing (holding up) all her old boy friends who broke her heart and for whom she still carries the pain. I am the Blue angel.
Another recent one is titled, “Yes, Please Do Explain”, of her youthful attitude towards people who lie to her and her uncanny ability to see through people is the motive for this painting. Though strong, she is as fragile as a Blue Vase.
The Flower represents her constant battle with Love (thus the fallen leaves under the Table with no supports). The stars and spirals are her personal “doodles” appearing on most of her notes.
This one is the “Smoke Test”, a masculine way of testing the worth of a product. This painting speaks to women being under constant scrutiny by family and media. She holds the wish ball (Wikipedia symbol too), hoping for a better future. For now she is happy to dream of a better future and ignore the dragon trying to steal her thunder.
The next one is titled “Pearl” is more abstract and in two paintings which can be exhibited separately, but can lose definition. This is about our personal frailty and naivety of our own strength, which can force us to draw a line between those we trust and those we cannot trust or lose our pearl in the golden sands.
The two paintings below are incomplete but in transition, like my life:
They can be displayed together or separately, but once again one without the other loses its full meaning. “Burning Desire” on the right is about once having made a decision to act on a desire that we often sabotage by unfinished outside influences that keep us from expressing our desires to their fullest, hence, the head being cut off at the eyes; our future is often in question but never the drive.
The “Fight or Flight” painting below left, precedes the burning desire painting since it represents that feeling where we must fight for our self or run away to hide or disappear into our denial, hence, the feet disappearing from their own shadow and the incomplete unsupportive chair (systems that do not support us). The two together represent the Fight or Flight battle we endure daily to survive and meet our needs.
The flames are a PhotoShop recreation of the final fire I will eventually paint. I hope to paint better than this appears because of my bad jpegs.
There are more, but for now I do not wish to bore you with what seems like bragging over my early art, so I will briefly state my future art goals that are a lot more fascinating.
Currently, my interest in the Feminist Art Movement is still very strong and my preparedness to embark upon new sculpture projects is in the works. I am seeking grants and to attract financial patrons to assist in my creating a life size bronze statue. The motive is political and personal; though my copyright won’t allow me to describe it to you as yet; I can tell you the title “Heroines, Martyrs and Victims” ...and the motive.
My motive is to openly praise the strength and heroism of Islamic women to live and survive in their male dominated world while still managing to fight for few freedoms they are allotted. Who loving support their families and religion despite those who endure abuses. And, for those who could not endure and died by assassination through a male family member for minor crimes according to social belief or by their own hand, they are my heroines, martyrs and victims. By expressing my own fears that possibility one day I would ever be forced to live that life style--which I could never accept-- is as close to terror as I can get. So, I honor their struggle and patience to endure; expressing my own inner feelings comes through in this particular statue, I will send photos after the casting and the copyrights are final. It will be very interesting and so controversial I am creating an A.K.A to protect my Family.
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