In my work, I am depicting exposure using the body and its relationship with space.

I am interested in capturing the female at a raw moment of self-reflection. When we are alone with our naked bodies, we are at our most exposed state. The nude is not aware of the viewer’s presence and we see the figure as she experiences a very intimate and vulnerable moment in the shower.

I choose to paint the female body in an active space. It contorts, crowds, accentuates, and conceals portions of the naked form. The background obscures and affects the figure to reference the exterior pressures and expectations felt by the modern woman. The identities of the figures are obscured because I am referencing the female gender rather than a specific type of woman.

I intend the figures to be rendered in a beautiful and classically inspired way. However, the imposing backgrounds, the texture, and the masking and reemerging of forms commence the dialogue of modern society’s ideal female figure and how it affects the contemporary woman’s psyche.