Sunscreen Painting

This painting was inspired by the beach culture on the beaches of Barcelona, Spain. I was interested in the open and unselfconscious intimacy between family members while in the crowded waters of the local beach. I wanted to create these paintings for a US audience, particularly women, to provide a jumping-off point for reflection about how we feel about ourselves. Women in the US are much more self-constrained about our bodies, which adds to the measure of disempowerment that we feel. Cognizant of my role as a woman painting other women, I address women's concerns about body size and image, and my paintings reflect a range of physiques and stages of life. These paintings investigate women’s place in society with the implicit aim of subverting the male historical painting canon. By creating art that depicts women and families spending time together while quite physically exposed, I hope that we reconsider our own anxieties and judgments about our bodies. With this series of paintings, I was researching how I could create oil paintings that had the brevity and directness of drawings or monoprints.The painting is oil on linen and comes ready to hang.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:36 W x 36 H x 2 D in

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