WORK > Indoctrination in the Dark

Goldfinger
Oil, Acrylic marker, Spray paint on Canvas
30 X 50
2020
Gone with the Wind
Oil, Acrylic, Acrylic marker, Glitter on Canvas
36 X 48
2020
Rocky
Oil, Acrylic marker, Spray paint, Collage on Canvas
27.5 X 45
2020
Meatballs
Acrylic, Pencil, Watercolor pencil, Ink on Canvas
48 X 48
2021
Pepe Le Pew
Acrylic, Marker on Canvas
30 X 36
2021
It Happened One Night
Acrylic, Oil Pencil, Glitter, Acrylic marker, Spray paint on Canvas
36 X 36
2020
Animal House
Oil on Canvas
36 X 60
2021
Snow White- Is This Consent?
Oil on Canvas
30 X 36"
Say Anything
Oil on Canvas
30 X 30
2021
The Notebook
Acrylic, Oil, Acrylic marker, Spray paint
36 X 48
2021
Revenge of the Nerds
Acrylic, Acrylic marker, Sequins, Glitter, Spangles
30 X 48
2021
16 Candles
Oil, Acrylic, Acrylic marker on Canvas
27.5 X 45
2021

“Indoctrination in the Dark” is my series of twelve paintings that focus on the movie plots that I, and many of the men who run our government, grew up on; plot lines that present the subjugation of women as entertainment. These stories have presented distorted male/female power dynamics, sexual assault, and even rape as either comedy or the path to true love and happiness. Their plot lines groomed men to do whatever it takes to achieve their agendas, teaching them that ignoring or dismissing what a woman says, is the action of a hero.

The impetus for this series came from Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearing where he himself cited these movies and their influence on him as a teenager. His words, and the outcome of those hearings, haunted me. I couldn’t fathom how, twenty-seven years after Anita Hill, regardless of one's politics, a woman’s words could still be delegitimized and dismissed for someone else’s agenda.

I found part of that answer in the plot lines of these movies we were raised on.

These paintings reveal the false messaging of these movies, highlight the power of storytelling, and the danger of giving that power to others. It is my hope this work will inspire women to reclaim that power and write their own stories. With them, we can begin to undo this “Indoctrination in the Dark”.

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