Mixed Media on canvas, ready to hang.

Signed on the back.

'Pearls', by Aimee Rytenskild, depicts a female figure standing in the foreground of the painting. She wears a beaded corset made of pearls, with feathers dripping off either side. She gazes out at something ahead, outside the frame. She alludes a sense of power and authority, and commands the attention of her viewer.

Her hair is stringy and wild, reminiscent of tree roots. This serves as a physical connection between her and nature, and alludes to the connection between 'femininity' and 'mother nature'.

As a predominantly abstract painter, I have recently been inspired to create more figurative and representational works, as a way to more directly communicate subject matter. This painting is part of a larger series of work that aims to explore the intrinsic relationship between societies associations of femininity and the environment, epitomised by the concept of 'mother nature'.