The protagonists and antagonists of these worlds are my own reimagining of the monstrous and uncanny women in Slavic, Norse, and Greek mythology. They live with the demons of their history and failures, reveling in hedonism to cope with their situation. In my paintings they revel in self destruction and hedonism to cope with their situation. Each painting functions as a parallel world adjacent but separate from our modern day world and the world of myth, where colors and brushstrokes show both the mental state of the characters and the composition of the world. I focus on creating sympathy and a source of comfort for the characters within the painting, as play and lightheartedness is vital to surviving turbulent experiences. Despite the torment the characters go through, my work rejects nihilism and polarization of what is considered monstrous. Their monstrosity is what allows them to adapt and thrive in turbulence and boredom.
Though they are part of a 12 piece anthology, each piece is meant to be seen individually, like pages in a fairytale book. Just as how when parallel worlds collide it results in a rip in time and space, it would be an anomaly for the paintings to clash together.
