Portfolio > 2015, Looking For You in the Mirror

The "Appearances" paintings simulate the worldly beauty/ power found in ancient Eastern deity figures. Buddhist sculptures of Bodhisattvas, charged with the guiding of souls to perfection, reverberate ironically with the worship and power vested in contemporary Western, female icons.

fashion media icons as deity figures
Appearances XII
(Permanent Collection Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL)
acrylic on unstretched canvas
60 x 36
2013