Suffocate

2019
Oil and embroidery floss on canvas

The combination of ‘high’ and ‘low’ art in this piece is a feminist commentary on the history of art. Art forms like embroidery were so often deemed to be women’s work, while the ‘high’ arts like oil painting were considered to be for men. In this piece, the nameless, invisible woman chokes on her own craft, captured forever in the ‘masculine’ oil paint.