As a visual Jungian I focus on revitalizing the language of painting through alchemical metaphors in this series. Inspired by the intriguing terminology of alchemists, like “House of the Chick” and the “womb,” I am engaging these figurative ideations especially in the context of recent abortion changes and the world wide rise of violence against women. Drawing from Carl Jung’s concept of the alchemical bride as a metaphor for individuation, I’ve curated over 1000 bridal paper dolls, each representing a historic woman.
I visualize the liminal body of the bride as a space of distortion and transformation. Zigzagging ribbons, flowers, warped mirrors, and butterflies accompany these paper dolls in dioramas I then render. I invite the irrational subconscious to collaborate, using chance operations and an alchemical wheel to guide my brush. Constructing these alchemical dioramas from Amazon boxes, I play with exaggeration and color to symbolize both distorted ideations and archetypal potentialities. This is my visual Spanglish where art and alchemy converge.
BtA 38 (Jane Kaufman)
72″ x 70″
mixed media on canvas
2024BtA 37 (Elena Izcue) 76″ x 33.5″ mixed media on canvas 2024 BtA 36 (Gina Pellon) 60″ x 48″ mixed media on canvas 2023-2024BtA Sheer (Ruth Asawa)
24″ x 20″
mixed media on voile
2024BtA Sheer (Mary Edmonia Lewis)
24″ x 20″
mixed media on voile
2024BtA 35 (Adelaida Paterno) and and BtA 34 (Paz Paterno) diptych 30″ x 24″ each mixed media on canvas 2023BtA 33 (Sara Gomez)
36″ x 30″
mixed media on canvas
2023BtA 32 (Leonor Fini) 48″ x 36″ mixed media on canvas 2023BtA 31 (Elizabeth Nourse) 24″ x 18″ mixed media on canvas 2023BTA 30 (Sonia Delaunay-Terk) 23″ x 22″ mixed media on canvas 2023BTA 29 (Elena Asins) 48″ x 36″ mixed media on canvas 2023BtA 28 (Remedios Varo) Mixed media on paper 24″x 18″ 2023-2024BtA 27 (Maya Deren) 60″ x 48″ mixed media on canvas 2023BtA 26 (Dorr Bothwell) 50″ x 40″ mixed media on canvas 2023BtA 25 (Maria Magdalena Laubser) 20″ x 16″ Mixed media on canvas 2023BtA 24 (Maria Magdalena Laubser)
36″ x 20″
Mixed media on canvas
2023BtA 23 (Carmen Herrera) 48″ x 24″ oil on canvas 2023BtA 22 (Lydia Page)
48″ x 36″
oil on canvas
2023BtA 21 (Gedula Ogen)
20″ x 16″
oils on canvas
2022BtA 20 (Plautilla Neli) 48″ x 30″ oils on canvas 2022BtA 19 (Laura Wheeler Waring) 30″ x 22″ oil on canvas 2022BtA 18 (Mary Beth Edelson) 23″ x 17″ mixed media on paper 2022BtA 17 (Cecilia Porras) 36″ x 48″ acrylic on canvas 2022BtA 16 (The Cholmondeley Ladies)
36″ x 48″
mixed media on canvas
2022BtA 15 (Anna Bilinska) 20″ x 16″ mixed media on canvas 2022BtA 14 (Lygia Clark) 36” x 24” mixed media on canvas 2022BtA 13 (Nena Saguil) 28″ x 22″ acrylic on Mylar 2022BtA 12 (Gunta Stolzl) 36″ x 20″ acrylic on canvas 2022 BtA 11 (Sofonisba Anguissola) 70″ x 38″ mixed media on canvas 2022BtA 10 (Carmen Babiana Mendez Nunez) 11.5″ x 8″ gouache and acrylics on paper 2022BtA 6 (Lee Miller) 11.5″ x 8″ gouache and acrylic on paper 2022BtA 5 (Elsa Schiaparelli) 14″ x 10″ gouache and acrylic on paper 2022BtA 4 (Dora Maar) 12.5″ x 12.5″ gouache and acrylic on paper 2022BtA 3 (Maria Montoya Martinez) 12.5 x 12.5″ gouache and acrylic on paper 2022BtA 2 (Tia Ciata) 12.5″ x 12.5″ gouache and acrylic on paper 2022Fragments (Binding the Angel) 12.5′ x 12.5′ gouache and acrylics on paper 2022The Bride Stripped Bare 1 (Artemisia Gentileschi) 2022 72″ x 70″ The Bride Stripped Bare 2 (Ljubov Popova) 2022 40″ x 30″ The Bride Stripped Bare 3 (Paula Modersohn-Becker) 2022 30″ x 40″ The Bride Stripped Bare 4 2022 42″ x 36″ Alchemical Bride 112 (Lavinia Fontana) 2022 22″ x 30″Alchemical 110 (Leonora Carrington) 36″ x 48″ 2022Alchemical Bride 106 (Dolores Porras) 36″ x 48″ 2021Alchemicl 101 (Clara Ledesma) 36″ x 20″ 2021Alchemical Bride 103 (Teresa Burga) 20″ x 16″ 2021Alchemical Bride 102 (Clemencia Lucena) 36″ x 20″ 2021Alchemical Bride 101 (Sarah Mapps Douglass) 22″x 22″ 2021Alchemical Bride 100 (Frida Khalo) 2021 22″x 22″Alchemical 99 (Hilda af Klint) 22″x 22″ 2021Alchemical Bride 98 (Agnes Martin) 2021 28″ x 22″ Alchemical Bride 97 (Luz Donoso) 28″ x 22″ 2021Alchemical Bride 88 (Luchita Hurtado) 2021 42â€x34â€Alchemical Bride 87 (Helena of Egypt) 2021 36″ x 48″Alchemical Bride 86 (Shin Saimdang) 2021 36″ x30″Alchemical Bride 65 (Stefania and Helena Podgórska) 2020 30″ x48″Alchemical Bride 66(Martine Bertereau) 2020 36″ x 48″Alchemical Bride 60 (Jane Jacobs, Norma Sklarek, Zaha Hadid) 2020 36″ x 70″Alchemical Bride 61 (Lady Bird Johnson) 2020 36″ x 70″Alchemical Bride gallery viewTatiana Garmendia
Alchemical Bride 67 (Maria Victoria de la Cruz) 2020
36†x 60â€.Alchemical Bride 68 (Sophie Germain) 2020 40″ x 30″Alchemical Bride 63 (Ana Mendieta} 2020 35″ x 54″Alchemical Bride gallery viewAlchemical Bride 64 (Vera Rubin) 2020 44″ x 24″Alchemical Bride 71 (Amazon Ladies Brigade) 2020 36″ x 60″Alchemical Bride 48 (Berta Caceres) 2020 oils on canvas 48″ x 36″Alchemical Bride 70 (Cecilia Helena Payne-Gaposchkin 2020 oils on canvas 48″ x 36″Bride 40 (Hedy Lamarr) 2020 oils on canvas 36″ x 40″Alchemical Bride 48 (Las Mariposas) 2020 diptych- oils on canvas 20″ x 32″Alchemical Bride 3 (Aglaonice) 2019 30″ x 40″ oils on canvas Alchemical Bride 28 (Valada) 2019 oils on canvas 42″ x 68″Princess Bride, 2019 oils on canvas 36″ x 24″ Alchemical Bride gallery viewAlchemical Bride 34 (Agnodice), 2019. oils on canvas 36″ x 42″Alchemical Bride 23 (Queen Puabi) 2019 Oils on canvas 42″ x 40″Alchemical Bride 24 (Sojourner Truth) 2019 oils on canvas 48″ x 41″Alchemical Bride 14 (Miriam HaYehuda) 2019 oil on canvas 48″ x 24″Alchemical Bride 8 (Agrippina) 2019 oil on canvas 12″ x 12″ Alchemical Bride 12 (Baranamtarra) 2019 oils on canvas 36″ x 24″Alchemical Bride 11 (Theoclea) 2019 oil on canvas 20″ x 16″Alchemical Bride 9 (Thalestris) 2019 oils on canvas 12″ x 12″Alchemical Bride 4 (Marie Curie) 2019 oils on canvas 20″ x 22″Alchemical Bride 13 (Marie Meudrac) 2019 oils and metal leaf on canvas 20″ x 16″ Alchemical Bride 33 (Celia Cruz) 2019 oil on clayboard 24″ x 18″Alchemical Bride 1 (Cleopatra the Alchemist) 2019 oils on board 8″ x 10″
Watercolors
Alchemical Bride 107 (Dolores Porras) 18″ x 24″ watercolor 2021Alchemical Bride 105 (Tarsila do Amaral) 24″ x 18″ watercolor 2021Alchemical Bride 97 (Shoen Uemura) 2021 watercolor on paper 72″ x 42″Alchemical Bride 96 (Clara Ledesma) 2021 watercolor on paper 72″ x 42″Alchemical Bride 95 (Amelia Pelaez) 2021 watercolor on paper 72″ x 42″Alchemical Bride 94 (Tamara de Lempicka) 2021 watercolor on paper 72″ x 42″Alchemical Bride 93 (Rosa and Juliette Bonheur) 2021 watercolor on paper 72″ x 42′Alchemical Bride 92 (Lyubov Popova) 2021 watercolor on paper 72″ x 42″Alchemical Bride 7 (Merit-Ptah) 2019 watercolor on paper 30″ x 22″White-Glove (Tapputi-Belatekallim) 2019 watercolor paper 30″ x 22″Alchemical Bride 32 (Hannah Sanesh) 2019 watercolor on paper 30″ x 22″ Alchemical Bride 16 (Enheduanna) 2019 watercolor on paper 30″ x 22″ Alchemical Bride 15 (Tapputi) 2019 watercolor on paper 30″ x 22″Alchemical Bride gallery view
Vellum
installation viewPlatonic Solid Manuela Saenz 2020Platonic Solid Manuela Saenz 2020Prism Hatshepsut 2020Prism Hatshepsut 2020Platonic Solid Hypatia of Alexandria 2020Platonic Solid Hypatia of Alexandria 2020Platonic Solid Hypatia of Alexandria 2020Platonic Solid (Bessie Coleman) 2020Platonic Solid (Bessie Coleman) 2020Platonic Solid (Bessie Coleman) 2020Platonic solid Ida B. Wells 2020
Alchemical Bride 43 (Alfonsina Storni) 2020 oils on vellum 38″ x 26″
Alchemical Bride 45(Marie Curie) 2020 oils on vellum 38″ x 26″
Alchemical Bride 42(Melania the Elder and the Younger) 2020 oils on vellum 38″ x 26″
Alchemical Bride 44 (Fatima Jinnah) 2020 oils on vellum 38″ x 26″
Alchemical Bride 92 (Ana Betancourt) 2020 oils on vellum 38″ x 26″Alchemical Bride 18 (Awashonks) 2019 acrylic on vellum 38″ x 26″Alchemical Bride 19 (Clara Zetkin) 2019 acrylic on vellum 38″ x 26″ Alchemical Bride 17 (Artemisia II) 2019 acrylic on vellum 26″ x 38″
Grisailles
Alchemical Bride 88 (Eulalia Guzman) 2020 12″ x 9″Alchemical Bride 78 (Dandara de Palmares) 2020 Pastels on paper, 12″ x 8″Alchemical Bride 80 (Manuela Saenz) 12″ x 9″ 2020Alchemical Bride 81 (Juana Azurduy) 12″ x 9″ 2020Alchemical Bride 87 Leona Vicario 2020Alchemical Bride Drawing 1 Gouache on paper 12″ x 9″Alchemical Bride Drawing 3 Gouache on paper, 12″ x 9″Alchemical Bride Drawing 2 Gouache on paper, 12″ x 9″gallery view
Blue Period Grisailles
Alchemical Bride 47(Josefina Mendez & Aurora Bosch) 20″ x 32″ 2020Alchemical Bride 20 (Dolores Ibárruri) 2019 acrylic on paper 30″ x22″
Alchemical Bride 21 (Federica Montseny) 2019 acrylic on paper 30″ x22″
Alchemical Bride 22 (Hannah Senesh) 2019 acrylic on paper 30″ x22″Alchemical Bride 31 (Sobekneferu) 2019 acrylic on paper 30″ x 22″
Rose Gold Period Grisailles
Alchemical Bride 29 (Valada) 2019 acrylic on paper 22†x 30″ Alchemical Bride 30 (Abigail Adams) 2019. acrylic on paper 22″ x 30″ Bride 25 (Agnodice) 2019 acrylic on wood panel 10″ x 8″Bride 26 (Ana Betancourt) 2019 acrylic on wood panel 10″ x 8″ Bride 27 (Abella of Salerno) 2019 acrylic on wood panel 10″ x 8″
Drawings
Mixed Media Bride 7 (Myrna Baez) 10″ x 7″ 2022Mxed Media Bride 4 (Rose-Marie Desruisseau)
10″ x 7″
2022Mxed Media Bride 3 (Belkis Ayon)
10″ x 7″
2022Mxed Media Bride 1 (Sara Gomez) 20″ x 16″ 2022Mxed Media Bride 2 (Lourdes Gomez-Franca) 20″ x 16″ 2022Mxed Media Bride 5 (Mirta Cerra Herrera)
12.5″ x 12.5″
2022Mxed Media Bride 6 (Olga Albizu)
12.5″ x 12.5″
2022Alchemical Bride 62 (Marina Mikhaylovna Raskova) 2020 charcoal on gesso paper, 27″ x 18″Alchemical Bride 63 (Yevdokia Bershanskaya) 2020 Charcoal 27″ x 18″Alchemical Bride 78 (Rigoberta Manchu) 2020 Pastels on paper, 12″ x 8″Alchemical Bride 84 (Las Damas en Blanco) 2020 Pastels on paper, 12″ x 8″Alchemical Bride 75 (Elvia Carrillo Puerto) 2020 Pastels on paper, 12″ x 8″Alchemical Bride 83 (Abuelas de Plaza de Yayo) 2020 Pastels on paper, 12″ x 8″Alchemical Bride 85 (Marielle Franco) 2020 Pastels on paper, 12″ x 8″Alchemical Bride 82 (Evangelina Rodriguez) 2020 pastels on paper, 12″ x 8″Alchemical Bride 76 (Juana Azurduy) 2020 Pastels on paper, 12″ x 8″Alchemical Bride 89 (Hemila Galindo) 2020 Pastels on paper, 12″ x 8″Alchemical Bride 90 (Teresa Carreno) 2020 Pastels on paper, 12″ x 8″gallery view
Printmaking
Alchemical Bride Engraving 1 intaglio, 6.5″ x 9″Alchemical Bride Engraving 2 intaglio, 14″ x 9.5″Alchemical Bride Engraving 3 intaglio, 11.5″ x 11.5″Alchemical Bride Engraving 4 intaglio, 14″ x 9.5″
