This collaboration was the result of many individual connections - with women who deeply understand and relate to the experiences expressed on my Raft Of The Medusa:
Shown at the Society of Women Artists annual exhibition, where of course there was much lived experience and familiarity with the positives and negatives that are laid out in my painting.
Invited to represent those experiences, and juxtaposed on the canvas with quotations from the work of several historic women artists, the models hadn’t met each other until this moment. I have more footage to edit, but wanted to share this first. Not least because (attention women artists!) the open call for this year’s show closes on Saturday.
I thank Anne Blankson-Hemans (Vice President of the SWA) for taking this footage. Check her Substack out - Anne published a very interesting article on whether there is still a need for a Society of Women Artists. This video is my answer.
