herstories
Each person we encounter is a unique mapping of qualities and energies that are invisible to the naked eye. Often, we seem to react to each other based on skin-to-skin appraisals or other superficialities. Yet, some part of us intuits the presence of much, much more.
Herstories, Volume 1 & 2 are an ongoing series of mixed media paintings exploring the face as a mask and the tattoo as the indelible mark, shield, and sacrifice.
The subjects are women I have photographed. Their faces are tattooed with images relating to each woman’s life and something beyond, mythic and archetypal. The markings include ancient characters, symbols, and maps that emerge as cryptic images.
This body of work is layered with many skins of collaged pap