Lauren WK

“Sweets”
Oil on Canvas
6ftx3ft
December 27, 2011

Dana Rae
“Sweets”
Oil on Canvas
5ftx3ft

November 1, 2011

Kelly Eden

“Sweets”

Oil and guosh on Canvas

6.5 FT x 3.3 FT

April 12, 2011

 Natasha Lillipore

“Sweets”

Oil and quache paint

6.5 FT x 3.3 FT stretched canvas

June 23, 2011

To see more of my finished artwork dating back to 2008, please visit: 

http://rmcad.digication.com/KellyEden/Artwork//

“Art is more than a beautiful object to hang on the wall. It is a vehicle for understanding myself.”

“Making art is like dreaming. It is a way to sort out the problems of my mind. In this way, art is about expressing personal issues. Art functions simultaneously as a therapeutic process and as a method for expressing my attitudes and beliefs. Besides functioning as a therapeutic tool, I also use art to discuss the issues I face as a woman in this society. I create paintings and drawings that express my inner conflicts, misery, and desires. These conflicts have to do with my personal experiences concerning struggling with my identity, and exploring the differences between looking at myself, women, and men. There are many confusing messages that society sends to women, and in my art I raise these issues for both myself and the viewer to ponder. As an active model involved in the modern industry, I have experienced first hand what it means to adhere to the extreme pressure to uphold mainstream ideals of beauty. 

Another important aspect of my work is the question of who is the artist and who is the object of the art. I create self-portraits that complicate the idea of the artistic genius capturing the object of beauty. By the “object of beauty”, I am referring to the way that artists have been involved with depicting the “ideal” female and how there really is no fixed perception of what is ideal. The standards of beauty are forever evolving, in accordance with the fashion of the time, and I am concerned with society’s message that there is a “perfect” kind of woman that we must live up to. “