Original Sin
Original Sin
2025
Oil on canvas
3' x 2'
In the words of the singer Jane Bell, "Crazy how the very first sin was a woman who ate." The act of Eve eating the apple and committing the first sin has followed women ever since
As a woman, your sexuality is a double-edged sword, and as a woman in art, portraying your body becomes a competition between the idea of the nude and the non-sexual mode of nudity. Satisfying the male gaze in the pursuit of expressing your own sexuality as a woman is something you try your best to avoid, but it seems to be the most daunting obstacle that we have not found a way around.