During my senior year in highschool I took AP Studio Art and completed my concentration portfolio. I chose to do a concentration which demonstrated stereotypical social situations that modern women in the U.S. put themselves in. Looking back on it now, my topic was a little complicated and could have been more simple. Also, reflecting, there are a lot of things I would change about my pieces, but then again I was only 17 and learning to paint as well. My concentration had 12 pieces, but this one shown was one of my favorites. It shows a housewife in apron, doing her daily house chores (i.e. laundry), and using her Prozac to "wash all her troubles away". The goal of this painting was to show that the modern housewife is much more complex and possesses more scandal in her life than the previous cookie cutter housewife of the 1950s. Also, it is a fact that many woman in america are overmedicated with medications like valium and prozac. In my opinion, many women don't deal with their problems in their own skin like they used to. This is what my painting tried to portray.
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