Haute Cuisine | annademovidova

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I return to this series often. It is about women and therefore about beauty. Food staples (from fruit to bread and fish) represent both the external, giving a sense of place and time, and the internal, becoming a symbol for desire and fear, discontent and satisfaction. One variation on this series is women with unnaturally large insects, with the implication of women as prey and therefore as object of appetite. Another variation is women with seeds, where the symbolism is of fertility, potential, and awakening.

With Melon and Beetle, acrylic on canvas, 24x32

With Falling Red Fruit, acrylic on canvas, 40x30, private collection

With Mosquito

With Fruit on the Table, acrylic on canvas

With Hogfish, private collection

Fruit Dreams, private collection

With Grasshopper, acrylic on canvas, 28x22, private collection

With Ladybugs, acrylic on canvas, 36x24

Coffee Break, oil on linen, 53x42, private collection

With Seeds, acrylic on canvas, 40x30

With Plates, oil on linen, 44x30

With Molluscs, oil on linen, 40x30, private collection

Woman and Her Breakfast, oil on linen, 56x30, private collection

Mosquito Bite 1, private collection

Mosquito Bite 1, acrylic on canvas

Woman with Beetle, private collection

Woman Underwater with Fish, oil on linen

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