Eating Eve 4

In the series ‘Eating Eve’, I am looking at how the creation story projects shame onto women for seizing and embracing their desires. Through presenting multiple images of consuming “the forbidden apple”, I am aiming to inspire the viewer to consider a new way of embracing their aspirations. With women now just beginning to reclaim their power, I want to explore women acting shamelessly in their desires without the ridicule that often accompanies these authentic impulses.

Through these works, I wanted to reference classical portraiture with exploring a similar colour palette yet bring the piece into a contemporary space by the use of close crops on the subject. By doing so, I am suggesting that this is an on going issue in our society that has spanned over generations. In this particular image, the subject shows an intense, uninhibited emotion in her gaze while observing the apple; the object of womens shame.