I'd Rather Die Than Be Fat.

This small doodle was done while I was in college. We were assigned to talk about issues pertaining to young adults I chose eating disorders like bulimia and anorexia. More specifically how its thrown in our faces on a daily basis through the media. We are expected to look a certain way in order to be considered beautiful in today's standards. Runway models are stick thin and glamorous. In the fashion business you are considered a plus sized model if you are 130lbs. Its my dream to be 130 lbs, I'd be content being a plus sized runway model if that were the case :P I read an article about a Chanel model, one quote she had was "I'd rather die than be fat." This was the inspiration for this doodle. This was simply done on white paper with black pen.

Till Death Do Us Part

This unfinished piece is turning out to be one of my favourites. When I complete this i intend to make it much more gruesome. The inspiration for this was hurt feelings... I find I am best at my creative ideas when I have many emotions going on inside of me. Whether it be heartbreak or extreme happiness. This is done in acrylic paints on a canvas that is 36"x36". The woman is intended to be gorgeous, young and full of life whereas the one she adores is feeble and decayed, proof that love knows no boundaries.

A Couple Little Doodles

These two pictures I doodled in black pen. I went on a rampage drawing my feelings on how the media portrays women in such a degrading manner. It started back when I was in highschool, I had drawn four pictures of women torturing themselves. Lip injections, breast implants, tummy tucks, starving themselves, face lifts, all to be considered beautiful by todays standards. It all seems like a nice fecade to hide the insecuries each and every person faces in their lives. Such beautiful people lose sight of themselves and get caught up in the pictures and words that are shoved in our faces daily.

Second Watercolor

This is the second watercolor I created for my mother on her birthday. She had always asked me to do her a water color and I never did. To be entirely honest I am not very fond of doing it. I feel my abilities lack in such areas.
I saw a picture of this beautiful old Victorian house and decided to try it out. Before I created this I had attempted a Alaskan landscape which didn't work out so well lol.

old painting

I have painted and repainted this specific painting numerous times from the woman being horribly thin to pregnant. It's an ongoing piece that always influences new ideas... I wanted it to represent the pain and anguish of abortion. Acrylic.

The beginnings of Medusa

As mentioned in a previous post, I was working on a very large piece. This is the beginning of it. My idea was to incorporate beauty with death. The vision for this one is Medusa's face in the center surrounded by beautiful things like flowers. To me flowers and foliage represent life and perseverance. There will be other more morbid things incorporated within this seemingly pleasant picture.
I wont ruin the finished piece so that's all I will say about it :)

Glorified Cancer

This is yet another unfinished piece. I painted this after I saw a photograph of a beautiful woman smoking a cigarette.
I find it funny that artists and photographers can make smoking look so glamorous. I am a smoker myself but know it's health risks, the additives and can cause permanent damage. Back in the 1920's it was considered fashionable to smoke. Some of the most beautiful people smoked and was considered very socially acceptable.
I was in Montreal when I was 19 and everyone was allowed to smoke in the strangest places. I was at a night club and there were numerous smokers on the dance floor. Dancing in a crowded place with a smoking person seems dangerous to me, I definitely lost a few good shirts from burn holes that weekend.
This piece was my second black and white, I was experimenting with techniques and the usage of shades of grey. This was done in acrylic.