I have a few unsold paintings hanging in my living room. While they are always availible for puchase (please email me at Therinbrooksart@gmail.com for inquirey) have also been wonderful companions. I am not alwasy able to continue a relationship with my works after I make them, but 5 of this series came home to me after their show at Ghost Print Gallery in Richmond, VA. This was such a deeply personal body of works, I painted one a week for several months as I hid in the saftey of my studio and processed what my experience with gender and been and would become. There is so much information each piece has continued to reveal truths about myself. Though the self portraits are no longer resemble my apearence, and sometimes are even uncomfortable to look at, they act as a beacon in my work towards honesty and vulnerablity. Perhaps they just seem like sureal works to other eyes, I don’t think I truely apreciated the work of Remedios Varos, and Leonora Carrington the same way i do now, after working with this intention. What a joy to come all these years only to discover that I do even in my ignorance, trust myself. Do you all have artist inspration you would like to share and a little comment as to why?
