Above is a large scale painting I produced in 2015.It is oil on canvas and stands 2.2m by 1.4m. I wanted to portray a sense of feminine assertiveness, without the figure coming across as aggressive. I find this is often an issue that women with assured opinions face. I painted a woman in a suit in a comfortable, seated position. However, what makes her most confident is her eye contact with the audience, breaking the forth wall. She has an awareness that is being looked at, however, due to her posture, this seems no problem.

Regardless of the height of the onlookers, the painting causes people to look up. This domineering feature of the painting is achieved through the scale. The model is larger than life size and this effect certainly wouldn’t be achieved so successfully is she was even half the current size.