Quarles’ work is highly relevant to the development of my studio practice, her work displays multiplicity in such a beautiful and complex way. When I look at her work my mind draws thoughts of parallel universes colliding wherein the same thing exists in multiple versions at the same time with no single one being the correct state of existence. I really like the vibrancy of the colours that she uses, especially in combination with the more muted fleshy tones of many of the apparent limbs. It’s also interesting to note how some areas of the paintings appear to be a lot more ‘finished’ followed by areas of sketchy and less finessed sections, this brings the viewers attention to come in and out of focus and allows for some discrepincies as to where our focus should lay. Upon first glance at the work, seeing the entanglement of limbs and vague body parts, it would be easy to assume that the work is sexual in nature, however upon discovering Quarles’ creates work about gender and other identities it portrays a much more succinct  message. I feel like I understand it on a more personal level as the subject is something which I have a lot of personal experience in, the way her work depicts somebody coming away from themselves and peeling away the layers to continually release new and surprising elements.