THE FEMININE ART

OF MARK MAKING

a collision of fine art and firearms

"The collection reimagines the traditional accuracy targets as vibrant geometry and uses rifles to create powerful marks through the canvas. This project initially began with the intent to invigorate my target practice. Black lines printed on copy paper from a .jpeg found on Google Images was too uninspiring; I wanted to shoot something more exciting."

"The work born from this endeavour is a collection that not only documents the progression of my skill as a markswoman and painter but also has become an archive of memories. Like a childhood photo, my paintings trigger in me a wave of remembering."

The Feminine Art of Mark Making seeks to challenge and disrupt. Ordinarily femininity is represented as soft, gentle, passive and pliable, but this collection reimagines the feminine as strong, bold, firm. The collection is a radical reimagining of femininity and a bold comment on the strength it takes to make your mark in this world.

My shooting is still.

Not violence, not fervour.

My shooting is controlled breath as I kneel in the grass, surrounded by trees.

Millimetric adjustments of my cheek and shoulders to line up a distant pink dot.

My rifle moves up and down with my breath,

Exhaling, my body stills and lightly I tug the trigger.

Safety on, I rise to begin my walk to the distant pink dot;

Let's see how close I got this time.