“Look at me - The Rape”

Here’s an older painting. 2006-7, took me about 5 months on and off, I didn’t have the courage to finish it. It’s a self portrait, and a painting about rape, for a friend who is a rape survivor and for all victims of rape out there.

I wanted to concentrate on the Survivor’s expression a lot, it had to be self-assured and aloof, strong and independent. I think I pulled it off.