“I knew I wanted to paint about ambiguity, but I didn’t want to make ambiguous images,” ~ (Christina Quarles in an interview)

Christina Quarles is a queer woman who draws ambiguous bodies intertwined in tangled and confusing anatomies. Her work is definitely one of my biggest influences to continue developing my work into a coherent body of work. I love the colours and texture of mediums she uses, they are quite bright and soft. It looks like she uses coloured pencils to create multiple dimensions on the limbs that feel almost like ligaments and muscles. I like that some areas feel very clear and refined and others feel a bit more muddy and ambiguous creating moments of clarity impeded with confusion.

Christina Quarles, Peer Amid (Peered Amidst), 2019

Christina Quarles, An Absense the Size of Yew, 2019

Christina Quarles, Pour Over, 2019