MIRROR PAINTINGS: GOLD LEAF & TEXT SERIES

This series of mirror paintings incorporates gold leaf and language, which are both complicated and fragile. The mirrors and resin make the paintings heavier, literally increasing their physical weight and reinforcing the idea of words as having great weight of meaning. After living abroad for several years, I found myself paying close attention to how Americans spoke. “So busy” was the first painting done in this series as a response to these observations. The artworks in rose gold and shades of pink are painted with makeup and nail polish in addition to tinted metal leaf and resin. These works are about language, the #metoo movement, and the rising popularity of feminism.