A Closer Look

About this artwork

This piece of artwork was created using watercolor, ink, a big fat Sharpie, and pencil. I like to put together all sorts of mediums to break out of the norm. I grew up in an exceptionally strict household and love having the freedom to express myself openly as an adult. I work back and forth between paint and ink and pencil. I love to put lots of thick white paint on top of things toward the end of my painting process. White is not a generally accepted paint in watercolor. But I LOVE making my artwork look thick and textured despite the medium. I don't follow proportions, size relations don't matter, angles - nah. I want my work to feel alive and I can't get that without painting furiously and hodgepodge, ALIVE! This painting depicts a woman from a low angle making the viewer consider her in a different way.