Oil on panel

30cm circular panel x 30cm circular panel x 2

These pieces explore altered perspectives and the need to view things differently to uncover truth and meaning. They reference the distorted perceptions we often accept without question. The necessity of viewing through a peephole draws attention both to the viewer’s voyeurism and to the image itself. The source images are various representations of casual nudity, nakedness, rape, and female abuse—subjects historically considered suitable for art history paintings: The Rape of Lucretia, Leda and the Swan, The Abduction of the Sabine Women, Apollo and Daphne, Susannah and the Elders, etc.