Aquinas's Misbegotten Male Painting

I live in Melbourne Australia. My artistic influences draw from women’s self-portraits and representations of women from the 16 centuries to contemporary times. Inspiration for my work comes from questioning misogyny in western philosophical tradition. I break boundaries with traditional mediums using them in a new way. Gouache and ink on transparent acetate and yupo are used which allow for hybrid layers which combine to create the finished work. The base layer on yupo utilises inks and the process is largely uncontrolled representing the living cells of my subjects evoked in the moment. The animal nature of woman that needed to be contained. A semi controlled layer of flowers printed directly onto the surface their residue a fleeting memory of nature representing women’s discursively constructed ‘lack of reason and moral ability’ and questioning the hierarchal distinction between masculinity and art and femininity and craft. The final figurative layer is a painstaking process working in reverse to create a mirror image of the subject. I have studied a Bachelor of Arts encompassing philosophy and an Advanced Diploma in Illustration.