Original artwork description:

Ideas of identity, whether social, sexual, religious or of gender, are extremely important to me. In my work I always explore the characteristics that determine our personal and social identity questioning stereotypes and conventions. I am always looking for new ways of presenting feminism and femininity using my experience, encouraging a more volatile view of gender than of traditional ideology. In my paintings I want to turn depiction of women and female forms from being a surveyed object into something that is more powerful and to create a place where feelings and emotions can take form.

Tags:

#portrait #woman #realism #feminine #british artist #sex #commission #british art #femininity #identity #gender #experience #stereotype #conventions