Mella Ashenbrenner

BIOGRAPHY STATEMENT

Woman. Oppressed. Victimized. Enslaved. Circumcised. Sold. Chattel.

Shockingly, these are the words for how a woman is described in different parts of our world in 2015.

Female. Empowered. Dominant. Passion. Beauty. Intimacy.

These are but some of the words one might use to describe the oil paintings of M.G. AshenBrenner. This self-taught artist, living near the shores of a rural lake in British Columbia, Canada (home of the 2010 Winter Olympics) is proud to present pieces from her two original collections – 50 Shades and Lovers of Zeus – on Saatchi Art – after the collections’ successful premiere at Art! Vancouver 2015. These two collections, though separated by countless centuries, are joined together through a marriage of ebony and colour in a masterful contrast of sensuality and intimacy from both today and the ancient worlds.

50 Shades is the trilogy of today. Bold raven black foundations blended into 50 different shades, charged with flashes of scarlet red, capture the beauty and sexuality of the human form. In contrast, but in unity, Lovers of Zeus is ancient antiquity. The pieces of this collection are powerful, they impose, they dominate, as did this unrivalled King ...

Art Vancouver 2015