Along with my crazy photo project, I am diligently sketching for new paintings. If only I were diligently making money to buy canvas for said paintings. Nothing says “starving artist” like searching through older works to see which one isn’t that great so I can paint over it. I found one on chipboard that Utretch failed to cut to anything resembling a frame size. I was able to get two smaller pieces for two new paintings! I’m recycling!
This drawing may turn into a painting for a series of works, or not. I was thinking about the concept of being “perfect.” I was thinking about how media and society dictate what the “perfect woman” is or isn’t. What does that look like? What message is that dictating to women and young girls?
This is the career woman, she “wears the pants.” She is also walking a fine line, you don’t want to be a “bitch” for being “too aggressive” or the “slut” who sleeps her way to the top either literally or assumed. However, this woman may be successful, yet she is completely helpless. She is faceless, and therefore without a mouth to speak up for herself. Also, she lacks arms to defend herself or help herself. In the eyes of some, she is “perfect” she can’t speak up and be a “bitch”and she lacks arms to do anything that may otherwise compromise her “perfect” image/perception.
