Maria Raquel Cochez is a Panamanian artists whose figurative practice extends across many media. Much of her work deals with body dysmorphia, self-loathing, obesity and binge eating. Her painting style is hyperreal, which although dissimilar to my own style, is a useful research tool to learning how to paint flesh-tones more accurately, which is an issue within my own work.
Her BINGES series of paintings hit a note with me, firstly because I also have eating disorder issues, and also because fat, self-loathing and addiction are issues which I try to mediate into my own work.
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| Peanut Butter, The Binges, Acrylic on canvas, 60" x 80", 2007 |
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| McFlurries, The Binges, Acrylic on canvas, 60" x 80", 2007
She has also produced some interesting video work which I really like. The videos are actually much closer to the styles which I try to create in my paintings, and as such are really important for me
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