Week 7: Sonya Fe

All of the women she paints are wrapped in their own brown skin, they are beautiful for both their interior struggle and exterior unselfishness. Sonya Fe explores the many emotions expressed by the female body. I enjoy how Fe explores and focuses on the female body, especially with women of color. These women often go unnoticed in popular art, yet with the presence of women of color, there becomes more of a civic culture/ gathering community of the ways in which we can embrace and pay homage. 

The faces she paints are the center of attention in her work with the majority of the background blur. The image, An everyday saint you don't recognize we see a woman with a dark one hand over her right eye, the other hand is holding a bouquet of flowers. There is a mix of red, green, orange, and pink flowers. The background of the image is blurry and dark blue which plays a role in how Sonya Fe wants the audience to feel. The blue with the white of the flowers, is supposed to place the viewer out of their comfort zone, forcing them to feel discomfort. She states, “You can leave the room--- but when you return, the discomfort of the blue and stark white will still be there… and so like some words, there is no comfort. This image is dark and full of meaning. Exploring this type of medium has been interesting for me. It presents itself as very modern/ eurocentric art, which Sonya received from her training through art school.