18x26" heavy watercolor paper print, 1 inch white border ~ image size 16x24"
 
Numbered, signed, certificate of authenticity
Packaged with love + shipped in a tube for best protection.
 
heavy watercolor paper (WC):
340g, Bright White, archival, water-resistant velvet fine art paper
made from 100% cotton fiber, acid and lignin free.
each WC print has a limited edition of 250
 
a few of the many thoughts behind this piece:
 
we learn young
that western symmetry and beauty reigns supreme
but a touch of ‘otherness’ is more interesting
 
we learn that whiteness is a step ahead 
but tan skin is sexier
 
we must have curves and volume
but cannot dare gain weight
 
we strive tirelessly and financially to appear ‘natural’
but cannot risk falling behind as we age, 
for youth is a currency in visibility 
 
we learn young
we lean into our masculine for survive
but must simultaneously maintain the delicacy
and vulnerability of the feminine 
 
we are selfish is we choose ourselves
but too often without self if we choose a family 
 
to be a woman is to embody the opposites
to make the impossible possible
to carry on as a walking contradiction
 
existing and striving to find a home
somewhere between two beasts