The images I create are inspired by my background in archaeology and science as well as my interest in gender and sexuality. My paintings combine imagery of nude women or mermaids with that of sea creatures and other water-inspired motifs. I work with a mix of media including watercolor, gouache, acrylic, ink, oil stick, and pastel on watercolor paper to create these introspective and dream-like worlds. The source material for the nudes in my work includes pornographic magazines and self-portraiture. I am interested in the art-historic roles of artist and model, and I enjoy playing with and challenging these traditional roles in my work. In addition, I am exploring ideas of female sexual power and the voyeuristic implications of looking at art.

These works represent a world that is unlike the one we know, where creatures glow in a world without light, where women may have half-fish bodies, where societal rules of sexuality do not apply. The world below is one where the imagination is freed, a place where other-worldly life abounds – it is a reminder that what we perceive as “normal” is nothing more than one out of the infinite possibilities of the universe.
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