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The Personal Is Political Painting
United States
Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 90 W x 42 H x 1.5 D in
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About The Artwork
What began as a personal narrative on motherhood morphed into a narrative on particular mothers’ roles in our world now: George Floyd’s murder, his dying cry for his mother, and a popular online meme, “All mothers were summoned when he called out for his mama” shook me to the core; immigrant children torn from their mothers and held in cages – unimaginable and unbearable to me, as a mother; Greta Thunberg, a child, facing off world leaders and politicians in order to protect Mother Earth; the “Wall of Moms” at BLM protests in Portland, Oregon. All are examples of the profound power and vital role women and mothers hold in our world now. My painting portrays these specific events using symbolism and my own visual interpretation. “The personal is political” was a rallying slogan of the feminist movement in the 1960s and 70s. It underscored the connections between personal experience and larger social and political structures. And, although I began this work intending to explore my personal narrative of motherhood, I quickly recognized that the personal is indeed political. Now…and always.
Details & Dimensions
Multi-paneled Painting:Acrylic on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:90 W x 42 H x 1.5 D in
Number of Panels:3
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Yes
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
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As far back as I can remember, I have drawn and painted faces. In fact, there is much evidence pointing to the fact that I spent an inordinate amount of time drawing Sister Mary Francis Catherine in 3rd Grade instead of paying attention to her in math class. All my paintings start out as tiny little sketches in my Moleskine sketchbook. I do tons of 2” thumbnail sketches every week, so when it’s studio time I always have plenty of starter ideas to work with. All of my paintings come from my imagination but I find plenty of inspiration in real life—it’s stranger than fiction! My most recent work is acrylic, collage and graphite and my color choices are mostly instinctual. I almost always start with complementary colors—I love the tension that occurs with colors that are opposites on the color wheel. In the final stages of a painting I will try to repeat colors and I often use glazes to pull together a composition and create harmony. I always paint on black gessoed canvas—color is just so much more vibrant and rich than painting on a white surface. And the math that I daydreamed through in 3rd Grade now shows up in my paintings as “pretend equations” and symbols scratched into the backgrounds or drawn on top of the paint. Sister Mary Francis would be so proud.
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