12” in (w) x 16″ in (h) – Oil painting and jute rope on canvas

12” in (w) x 16″ in (h) – Pencil and soft pastel on paper

16” in (w) x 12″ in (h) – Pencil and soft pastel on paper

12” in (w) x 16″ in (h) – Pencil and soft pastel on paper

16” in (w) x 12″ in (h) – Pencil and soft pastel on paper

16” in (w) x 12″ in (h) – Pencil and soft pastel on paper

10″ in (w) x 14″ in (h) – Soft pastels on paper

10″ in (w) x 14″ in (h) – Soft pastels, oil painting on paper

14″ in (w) x 10″ in (h) – Soft pastels on paper

10″ in (w) x 14″ in (h) – Soft pastels on paper

32″ in (w) x 12″ in (h) – Diptych soft pastel and oil on paper

10″ in (w) x 28″ in (h) – Diptych soft pastels, oil painting, rope on paper

16″ in (w) x 20″ in (h) – Oil panting on canvas

About Social Labels:

This piece I created was inspired by what women are living across the world (e.g women in Afghanistan). However this goes beyond genre ( he, she, they,etc) , ethnicity ( Caucasian, Latino, Asian,etc), Age, Religion, Weight, Nationality and much more….it is about all the labels society and the institutions give us, dictate us and if we go against them, we are segregated, discriminated, ignored, silenced, tortured … Michael Faucault once wrote “…if you are not like everybody else, then you are abnormal, if you are abnormal, then you are sick. These three categories, not being like everybody else, not being normal and being sick are in fact very different but have been reduced to the same thing.”

16″ in (w) x 12″ in (h) – Soft pastel and oil on paper

10″ in (w) x 12″ in (h) – Oil painting on canvas