"Bad" Canvas Print - 11"x14"

This portrait reclaims a word often used to diminish and turns it into something complex and powerful.

Modeled after a friend, Bad captures a moment that feels both vulnerable and defiant. A cigarette rests between painted fingers. Eyes heavy, unflinching. Color drips across the face in electric reds, acidic greens, and deep blues.

The expression resists simplification. Is it indifference? Is it resilience? Is it survival?

The saturated palette refuses subtlety. The painting suggests glamour and grit, strength and softness. The figure does not perform for the viewer. They hold their ground.

Bad is about reclamation. About the tension between how we are labeled and who we actually are. It confronts the idea that power in women or femme-presenting people must be palatable, polite, or contained.

Sometimes “bad” just means refusing to apologize.