08/03/2026
I am sharing this piece (now titled) 'Real Leather (Old Bags series)', in part as a celebration of ̇nternationalwomensday.
Real Leather (Old Bags series) reclaims that casual insult used to diminish older women. Each handbag holds a painted glass portrait of an older woman who displays in various ways their displeasure at this insult. Handbags are sometimes used as a sort of symbolic object used to caricature or trivialise older women. The project takes that symbolism and the insult 'old bag' and throws it back at the viewer to confront the casual cruelty of the stereotype.
Many thanks go to my fabulous friends and for allowing me to paint them for this project.
Thinking of all women and girls and sending special thoughts to the women of Afghanistan 🇦🇫 We see you even if your country doesn't.