"She Became Part of the Menagerie" explores the notions of being female in a world that drives many women to treat themselves as exhibits. Many females at a very young age, begin to pursue the concept of ideal physical beauty, which comes with self imposed constrains of what they eat, what they wear, how much hair should not appear on their bodies, as well as self mutilation methods to hide the natural ageing process.

As social norms and media in all its permutations infect female minds, they become yet another animal in a menagerie; kept, trained and exhibited.

This artwork is part of a series called 'Quirky tales' which explores surreal scenarios between animals and other creatures that inhabit the earth. Sometimes it's flora, sometimes bugs, sometimes feathered or fury creatures or the mysterious beings that live under the sea.

Each artwork starts up as an idea in my brain, inspired by a wide variety of stimuli. I'm often triggered by words and sentences from poems, books or everyday conversations. Sometimes the ideas come to me in my sleep or visions when I meditate. And many ideas evolve from visual material that I collect.

The artwork was drawn on an iPad using Procreate and an Apple Pencil. What starts its life as a digital drawing, often evolves into other art forms including: oil paintings, Lino or etched prints and sometimes animations to be sold as an NFT/Crypto art.

LIMITED EDITION: Only 9 prints available

SIZE: 40 x 40cm

Please note, if you require a custom size please get in touch. 30x30cm & 50x50cm also available upon request.

FRAMING: This print is unframed.

PAPER: Printed on Canson 310 gsm which is a fine art, museum grade archival paper.