Broken - The Woman Underneath debuted at the prestigious Salmagundi Art Club, NYC in January 2020.

This mixed media print series The Woman Underneath takes a hyper-realistic approach to explore women's true identity underneath layers of synthetic textures: Cracked and finally Broken through.

Because of self- or societal-imposed expectations to be "good," "pretty," or "successful," and "having it all;" I cannot recall when we actually see women, including myself, as simply who we are, without the many layers of artifice.

To represent this concept, I digitally manipulated real life textures into "skins," which I then blended with my hand-drawn illustration of the subject. Despite the hard shell look, and sometimes porous surface, each texture was chosen to accent the woman’s emotional state. Sometimes they blended perfectly, other times they looked just like an ill-fitted body armor that locks us in.

Broken is the second work in the two work series, the first is Cracked.

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• This artwork is created by 1 layer of watercolor mixed with 2 layers of ink illustration and digital textures, then digitally printed on gallery-grade aluminum dibond metal.

• You will see paper textures and pencil marks on the print and it is normal!

• Size: 20" x 24"

• Limited edition of 10 and each comes with a signed certificate via email.

• It is unframed and comes with a hanging device on the backside of the dibond.

• Back stamp confirming the edition number you just purchased is also printed on the backside of the aluminum dibond. If you choose, I can also add your name to the back stamp to show ownership :)

• You can choose to add your name to the back stamp.

• This is a made-to-order piece so please give me 14-16 business days to ship to you. Tracking number will be provided once it's shipped.