A portrait series examining beauty pageant contestants through expressive paint application, raw colors, and distorted facial features. The figures are placed against repeating background motifs, such as barbed wire and stenciled patterns, contrasting pageant glamour with graphic isolation.
Study for Rina Messinger, 2021 – Oil on canvas, 80×60 cmStudy for Anne Marie Pohtamo, 2021 – Oil on canvas, 80×60 cmStudy for Georgina Rizk, 2020 – Oil on canvas, 80×60 cmStudy for Linda Bement, 2020 – Oil on canvas, 80×60 cmStudy for Sylvia Hitchcock, 2020 – Oil on canvas, 80×60 cmStudy for Luz Marina Zuluaga, 2020 – Oil on canvas, 80×60 cmStudy for Armi Kuusela, 2020 – Oil on canvas, 90×70 cmStudy for Gladys Zender, 2020 – Oil on canvas, 80×60 cmStudy for Akiko Kojima, 2020 – Oil on canvas, 80×60 cmStudy for Christiane Martel, 2020 – Oil on canvas, 90×70 cmStudy for Corinna Tsopei, 2020 – Oil on canvas, 90×70 cmStudy for Ieda Maria Vargas, 2020 – Oil on canvas, 80×60 cmStudy for Martha Vasconcellos, 2021 – Oil on canvas, 88×68 cmStudy for Christiane Martel, 2020 – Oil on canvas, 55×40 cmStudy for Linda Bement, 2020 – Oil on canvas, 41×33 cm
