Heidi Hanh
Region: Northeast
My paintings investigate the traditional concerns of figurative
painting while describing psychological landscapes of the female
mind and body in which the lines between the self and the exterior
world are blurred. The materiality of the painting, with its densely
layered surfaces, enhances the depth of the females’ interior
lives presented in the narratives. Their bodies, sinuous and
fluid, assimilate with the flat backgrounds and the conventions
of their environments. Through distinctive and delimitative lines
shaping them, they are entirely aware of the part they have to play
in society, yet unconcerned with judgments and expectations.
Through the mundane activities they engage in, such as walking,
reading text messages, or waiting for the bus, I portray women
who don’t have to pose for the picture.
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