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After millennia of female
subjugation, women at last have the chance to visualize
themselves in totally new ways, making it possible for them to
reclaim their inherent birthright. As a male artist I believe
that all artist, male and female, can play an important role in
helping women of the Third Millennium realize their full
potential as a vital, life-enhancing force in the world. The
artist has the unique ability to create images that can inspire,
empower, uplift and motivate viewers to realize their intrinsic
worth as human beings and as leaders and workers capable of
changing the direction of the patriarchal world we live in.
I like to work with pastels in a minimalist, lyrical style to
create intimate, figurative studies that the viewer can relate
to on a personal level. I try to create a space where viewers
have the luxury of reinventing themselves in an imaginative way.
I am especially interested in reaching out to women who have
been caught in a webwork of patriarchal restrictions. I believe
the seeds for transformation are planted when the artist creates
images that enable women to see those parts of themself that
have been systematically censored for thousands of years.
I am convinced that it is the artist as shaman, trickster or
prophet who has the power to create images that reveal the
possibilities of what humanity can be.
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