Biography
A raunch culture is rising, expressed by women who own their sexuality. My work introduces various female personas who, shaped by the impact of raunch culture, manifest themselves via costume construction, object making, documented performance, photographs and video installations. My artistic vision embraces a transgressive, Utopian world of beings unencumbered by stereotypical gender roles.
My graduate work has yielded three personas, who ooze sensual lust and sex positivity: “Tina Bling Bling,” the call girl, “Sheepy Boo Peep,” the girl next door in the big city, and “Sweet Tea McSazzy,” the drag queen stuck in a woman’s body (a "faux queen"). My personas assume a life of their own when I think about how they would approach their presentation. I allow who each persona is to dictate how she is brought out to the world. Each persona is narrated by their inner animal, the animals in this case being a pig, sheep, and peacock. My Ladies demand your attention with emphasized femininity and curves in all the right places. They have no shame and their lack of inhibitions makes it hard to turn away. Those who gaze upon them cannot resist the glow of these fabulous women.
