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Reflections of Societal Expectations
These Painted foil balloons serve as a visual exploration of how people navigate the delicate equilibrium between authenticity and societal pressures. Some with self-portraits are captured within the reflections to highlight this traitorous journey. The shiny, idealized surfaces house a warped perspective of shadows and highlights, emphasizing the contrast between external appearances and inner realities.
For this series of painted foil balloons, I wanted to push my artistic practice. I am primarily a portrait painter but I wanted to experiment with bold, unblended brushstrokes as a way of capturing contrast. All while still retaining the detail and the trickery of the eye into believing it is a 3D object from a distance.