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Pressed Portrait No. 5 - Peaches

PRESSED PORTRAITS

Pressing my painted body against paper, canvas, and fabric, everything begins to crease, crinkle, merge, and smear together.  

 

It's raw. It's real. It's me. No editing, no planning. Simultaneously revealing so much and so little, I slowly pull the Pressed Portrait away from my body. The urge to create as I feel the paint peel away and dry with every pressing second, grows significantly. "Make another", I say to myself with a smile.

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acrylic paint, gesso, lipstick, and ink on paper, canvas and found materials. 2018 - ongoing

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ONE OF ONE

INK, Acrylic, & CHARCOAL

Shadow Self-Portrait, Right Breast. 2018. Charcoal, ink, acrylic, and sharpie on canvas.

CUTOUTS FOR PRINTS & THINGS

Now available as stickers -

Blue No. 3

Yellow No. 1

Pressed Peaches

Shadow Self-Portrait, Right Breast

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