MODERN PORTFOLIO

Medium: Ink & Acrylic on Watercolour Paper
26 x36cm

VANITY

I created this mixed media painting while reflecting on a conditioned response to the demands of a modern woman outer appearance.
A worldly pressure to fit the mould and compete for attention and approval.
Depicted here is the incredible energy (represented by colour and movement) proving ones worth through aesthetical flesh image. Here are two women as one. Part of her gives into the world’s pressures to be typically beautiful and other side, which opposes the conditional love.

The front figure gestures “ Ok is this good enough?” and the one behind rebuking the expectation with her back turned just want to be accepted for she is inside not by her appearance.

Who are you? Are you more one than the other or a combination of the two?
Is vanity dictating to you who you want to be or should you be looking a little deeper into your inner beauty and potential as a beautiful woman?