Glass Ceiling Print

This artwork represents a female on the bottom pointing upwards to all the possibilities of the world. There is a transparent blue covering the abstract landscape representing glass, hinting to the constant obstacle of the glass ceiling over women. This painting is part of my New Reality series. The series explores the idea of abstraction inspired by realism. In other words, I take inspiration from real objects in nature and present them in a more metaphorical interpretation. Many of these real objects that I interpret are memories from my trips such as mountains and buildings. During the process of creating, I often start with a textural background and focus more on color choices rather than the overall image. This leads to adding shapes and focal points that set up the overall composition for the painting. Most of the time I get completely lost in the process and paint what feels right to me. Once I feel very satisfied with the outcome is when I stop. Sometimes this feeling comes to me quickly and other times it happens over a longer period of time. They are little snapshots of my memories of how I see the world around me. The edges are painted black and there is a wire on the back for hanging.