Dancers face a very specific pressure about the way their bodies should look, which is shown to have negative psychological effects on a person’s mind. Dancers also face physical deterioration and injury, but as dancers typically wear shoes while performing, the audience never sees their feet.
The beating this female dominated profession endures takes something beautiful and turns it grotesque.

Cover Up and Fit In, 36 x 48 inches, watercolor on Yupo paper, 2016

Detail of Cover Up and Fit In, 15 x 43 inches, watercolor on Yupo paper,

Detail of Cover Up and Fit In, 13.5 x 44.5 inches, watercolor on Yupo paper,

Beauty is Pain, 50 x 57 inches, watercolor on Yupo paper, 2016

Detail of Beauty is Pain, 23 x 47 inches, watercolor on Yupo paper

Detail of Beauty is Pain, 21.5 x 42 inches, watercolor on Yupo paper