Self-portrait Painting

This painting was made with oils on canvas. This is a mixture of abstract, expressionism, realism, and surrealism. I took this photo from a period of my life, when I was studying ballet, making and creating art and music, and pursuing a career in the arts. I produced 12 music video/films with huge casts of dancers, performers, and with no company to back me. When I sent out product to most of the major record labels, I was called consistently to go in and meet with the biggest music moguls of all time, meet with A&R executives, because they liked all my art had to offer (or so I thought). During this period though, every business meeting was filled with humiliation and despair; all the executives I met with were vile, cruel, sadistic, and male. Instead of offering me a business deal, they started to speak cruelly by trying to humiliate me instead; instead of praising my diligent and hard work, they ignored my work and instead focused on harsh spoken words, trying to instead turn me into either a mistress or a sexual slave and in an extremely repulsive manner. If I had been male, those same executives would have immediately spoke of contracts, marketing, negotiation, and future value or worth. I had to look at this period in my life, to resolve those issues and try to make sense of my life as it was and is today. I had to also make a conscious decision to never allow myself into those sorts of unwarranted situations again and to make a conscious effort to stay clear of valueless people or people who have no value for the artist and the work involved. The red in my art speaks of my passion for my art and the process of my artistic expression. The colors relay the beauty of our natural environment for all these colors are contained within our environment, yet depending on how you use those colors, they may appear abstract or naturalistic. During the creation of this painting and afterwards I had to understand that I was not responsible for the cruelty and underhanded methods of misogynists what so ever. I have nothing to do with their personality conflicts and/or intolerable views about girls and women. I honor myself fully and my worth as an artist and those who think otherwise I consider ignorant and wasteful to my sense of responsibility towards myself and others.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:30 W x 40 H x 0.8 D in

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