I created this series in 2016 as part of a group show at Robert Morris College in Chicago. The theme was CARNIVAL. I decided to riff off the old circus sideshow banner theme. I said to myself: “What could be my modern day freak show?” 49 at the time…I replied: “Everything happening to my body!”….and so was born the Middle Age Freak Show! In January on 2017 I carried my Truth Teller image in the 1st Women’s March in Chicago and several women carried in Washington, DC. These images have resonated with women far and wide.
Original Show Statement: "I am a visual storyteller, these paintings honor and expose some of the (at times, taboo) physical, emotional and mental oddities of female midlife. In spite of my own body's middle age freak show, I wouldn't choose to be any other age, for that would mean surrendering all the wisdom, experience, and confidence I've gained during my 49+ years on this planet." (...read on)
