In an age of performative femininity and inherited power, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney transformed societal pressure into a legacy, symbolizing a rupture from conventional expectations.
In the beginning, not a whisper of a whisker-not on Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, or Monroe. In the early nineteenth century, John Quincy Adams and Martin Van Buren change things up with fluffy muttonchops that drift like snow from ears to laugh lines.
Be brave and dare to change your process if you feel stuck. Allow brushstrokes you would've seen as intrusive and too experimental. This was the only way for me to break out of my comfort zone and discover abstract shapes that make my work what it is today.