One day I discovered a Geisha Girl doll sitting in the rain and couldn't resist a rescue. Badly damaged from exposure to the elements, I decided to take the doll apart. This actually wasn't easy to do, as the upright standing figure was well mounted to a base. The plastic like material the hands are made of moulded into a rude middle finger gesture easily with a heat gun. Off came the large ornate hair piece to expose an empty head underneath, which makes for sort of astonishing sybolism. Each of the images in the collection below are a feminine expression in digital photographs that were manipulated for a painterly effect, and all have recently been added to my
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Throughout the ages & cultures of time woman have been the prime target of marketing devises in combination with social restrictions. These images bespeaks of the gentlewoman's inner opinion of the world in a funky, not so genteel, manner. Part of the sociopolitical series, "Toys", where I explore the concept of childhood toys representing situations & ideas of the modern day world.
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