Undesired Lines: Breast strokes

12" x 12" Acrylic and Embroidery on Canvas

Self Portrait: Behind the Lines

In Undesired Lines I explore the relationship between the body, breasts, and the bras designed to support, shape or minimise them. They can empower movement or constrict, they can conceal breasts or enhance The title is a play on desire lines - the informal pathways eroded into the earth by repeated walking. Here, lines left behind draw attention to the metaphorical and physical paths etched into the body by the ways we manipulate our breasts. Breasts, objects of desire, objects of shame, become sites of discomfort and erasure.