'Three Sides', by Aimee Rytenskild, depicts three female faces staring out at the viewer. The faces are all aesthetically similar, and share similar physical features. The painting explores the idea that their are multiple layers/different sides to human nature / personality, with each figure representative of these different sides. The abstracted hair on each figure is interwoven, and reminiscent of tree roots, which alludes to the idea of 'nature', and its connection within mythology to the idea of the feminine.
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 series of work that serves as a semi self portrait, however more broadly aims to explore the intrinsic relationship between societies associations of femininity and the environment, epitomised by the concept of 'mother nature'.