Ophelia Brenton Bostwick Combining familiar imagery in unfamiliar

Combining familiar imagery in unfamiliar ways

the blood flowed from the monster and seeped into the ground

Photo on archival giclee paper

I question my own experiences of these through the various personalities that emerge with each hybrid portrait

Academy of Art

Ophelia Brenton Bostwick Combining familiar imagery in unfamiliarDetails About Oil on wood 8 x 10 in. 2024 Hand cast painted antique frame 21 x 19. 5 x 4 in. (f) Framing included This is Her Story is a narrative series of portraits featuring both mythological and historical  women whose fates have become iconic templates for female identity. The experiences of these  women become intertwined with those of a modern child, a young girl dressed in white who  features in the landscape of each painting.