Self Portrait Artwork created with iPhone and iPad. Being female, aging, woman, in US culture, is a challenge. As we age women are expected to take less and less of an allowed presence. We are relegated to granny, old woman, invisible, shrinking, softening form. We are assumed to be a mere portion of our full self. We must, if we want to be seen fully, set into a battle for control of our own opinion and our own body. In “Portrait of a Woman” I declare ownership of self and space. I declare my experience valid, strong and bold. I assert the person I am and the iconic figure I become in asserting my place.
I am now seer, knower of the world. I am- one who envisions, experiences, feels, tells all. I take a rightful place in the world of knowing and experience. I am she who speaks her truth. I am one who others look to for understanding and inspiration. I am: She who is in alliance with forest, flora, river, leaf, mountain, city, water, animal, insect, bird, all living.
Sldetroy©2019
Work created in 2025, influenced by history, current events and my own life
Symbolic art rich with feelings and emotions portraying feminine characters echoing primitive ancient beings within the natural world. Female personae representing iconic figures.
Portrait of a Woman series. Images in this gallery have been produced in hardcopy and available for in person exhibit. This does not preclude images from other galleries being available for exhibiting.