Contact : joelle@circesart.com
Creative: Circé’s creations primarily consist
of work in oils. Her process is instinctive and she is
unerringly drawn to expose and reveal the image and the moment
contained therein to its fullest potential.
Circé is a queer femme artist of
transsexual origin. Her drawings and paintings reflect an integrated
queer feminism that is political, social, and often emotional in
nature.
Circé’s passion and exploration of
queer realities is motivation for what she commits to being a
lifelong exploration. Part of this process for Circé is in
working with known and familiar models for her work. As with
many artists of the past, whom would use family and friends for their
important pieces, Circé also works best in the creative embrace of
intimacy and connectedness.
As an Artist, Circé wants to explore
the “reactive factor” as she explores women's issues and lives.
Other creative stuff: I grow vegetables in our garden, love to
drink good wines and indulge in cannabis edibles ( for health reasons
of course ). I'm fairly active on Facebook.
One thing you
love about Feminism: Feminism has helped me give
voice to my experiences as a woman.
1) Smashing Images
oil on canvas
30in. x 40in.
This piece is all about how many women
try to come to grips with issues of self-loathing, often brought on
by the constant media bombardment showing unattainable body types. It
is also about breaking those stereotypes.
| Smashing Images |
2) Yellow Wallpaper
oil on canvas
24in. x 36in.
Inspired by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
short story " The Yellow Wallpaper ", Circé explores a
scene from that story while adding elements that displays through
image the " descent into madness ". A descent that
has been driven by isolation, abuse, stigma, " hysteria "
and other " female neurotic maladies " that historically
have been used to label to label, pathologize and force treament for
the " mental health " and “ well being “ women.
The vague shapes visible in the wallpaper brings us to the
understanding that in freeing ourselves, we are freeing others, and
our struggles are irrevocably connected. In her attempt to free the
shadowy figures in the wallpaper, she is also working to free
herself. Circé notes that the heroine is fierce and her capacity for
survival, as with all women, is equally fierce.
| Yellow Wallpaper |
3) Rope Play
oil on canvas
24in. x 36in.
| Rope Play |
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