Tanya Raabe Artist's photostream  

My work is based on and about images of myself and others in environments that are dominated by a society obsessed with physical beauty and perfection. I work with the notion that my own self-image and identity changes depending on what situation I am in, what environment I am in and how this influences the experiences of the human condition. I am a: woman, disabled woman, person, disabled person, artist, disabled artist. Who decides this and how dose this effect the way we portray ourselves and those around us?

My art uses the visual language of paint and digital technologies to depict the fundamental ideologies of a disability self. I create images that use myth against reality juxtaposing these ideologies to evoke challenging and confrontational images of beauty that is an integral part of a contemporary society.

As I evolve and develop my art work I find myself battling between traditional oil/acrylic painting and ever evolving digital technologies. I am interested in finding ways of combining traditional with contemporary visual languages that challenge the viewers’ perception of what they think they are seeing.