The Mystery of the Feminine

I am a woman and hence I believe and observe that my art has a different colouring, texture, tone, and subject matter to many artists who are men.

Male artists have tended to dominate the artistic ‘landscape’ overall and have put their stamp on what artistic trends or directions were in the past and currently are.

Increasingly the feminine principle has and is becoming more dominant as a voice in all spheres of the world including art.

I love to paint the feminine! I try to express the multi-faceted nature of the feminine which ranges from the icon of ‘the Goddess’ to the complex ‘femme fatale’ who carries beautiful energy but also the potential for manipulative darkness.

The archetypes of Lilith and Eve find their continuing evolutionary expression in the variety of feminine beings who appear in different forms in my painting.

The feminine has beauty and potency which is captivating and alluring.

The feminine body was a strong focus of interest for many male artists in the past and speaks to the cultural phenomenon of women across time seeing themselves primarily through the eyes of men.

The time has come for women (the feminine) to see themselves through their own eyes and create an artistic formulation which speaks to and from a feminine standpoint.