It's a New Age

This painting, "It's a New Age," immediately confronts you with a chaotic swirl of scrawled text, doodles, and graphic imagery. The canvas is filled with what looks like unedited notes and erasures, creating a raw, almost stream-of-consciousness effect. The artist uses a stark, almost cartoonish style to articulate deeply personal struggles, particularly around identity as a woman and a painter. You'll see phrases like "I'm free to choose" and "I chose fat thighs," which sarcastically engage with societal pressures and the politics of "choice." The work’s vivid, almost aggressive energy comes from this combination of text and image, directly addressing tough topics like self-loathing and the degradation of the female body through sexual violence and abuse.