mixed media on unstretched canvas, 24 x 18. Redefining Beauty Project began in 2012 as an ongoing collaboration with women across the world who share images of themselves after enduring surgeries, biopsies, or radiation.  The mixed media images are not shocking or disturbing, but rather they help all of us see the beauty of what lies beneath the surface.  Breast cancer is uniquely linked to external archetypes of femininity and when bodies are altered, identity is often affected.  Like the clothes and bras that cover the scars to make us feel “normal”, and “like ourselves again”, the series reveals the layers that reflect the complexities of accepting our imperfect bodies.