Louella Kennedy
Wanderlust 2021
Advanced Diploma of Creative Product Development
I practice the technique known as Verre églomisé an art form originating in the Middle Ages. It involves painting in reverse on glass/acetate and I use this technique in a deliberate contemporary way.
Part of the work in this exhibition is my attempt to delve deeper and understand neurodiversity and gender. Cartoons, like people, are prescribed a gender at conception… whether in the artists mind before pencil hits paper or when the image emerges. Why can’t cartoons be gender fluid … would people still relate to them?
What about the connection between neurodiversity and gender … a large amount of people on the spectrum struggle with gender identity… is this because gender is another social construct that the neuro diverse find hard to understand… because like much of the socially constructed world it doesn’t make sense?
Also included in the exhibition are various explorations into representations of women from early modern to contemporary times. Inspiration for these comes from questioning misogyny in the Western Philosophical tradition and the canon of classical literature. These include my self-portraits; erotic pop art and the series titled The Vanishing Vulva which explores how the ancient Greeks wrote women out of worship.
Finally, I also include my Typology project series of still life paintings of kitsch toys. These explore theories around feminist kitsch aesthetics, the division between craft and fine art, and resulting traditional delegation to craft of artwork created by women.
To view more of my work or to purchase visit: linktr.ee/louellakennedyart

Love Battle
Gouache on acetate, A3 
Self-portrait. Reverse painted with gouache on acetate. 

Crown of Thorns
Gouache on acetate, A3 
Self-portrait. Reverse painted with gouache on acetate. 

Self Portraits
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Series of self-portraits reverse painted with gouache on transparent acetate.
No Way, Broken Angel and To Hell and Back.
No Way and To Hell and Back were edited in photoshop.

No Bunny Loves Me
Gouache on acetate. A3
Self-portrait. Reverse painted with gouache on acetate. 

A Dangerous Woman. Inspired by a vintage pulp fiction cover.  A3. Reverse painted on transparent acetate with gouache.
A Dangerous Woman. Inspired by a vintage pulp fiction cover. A3. Reverse painted on transparent acetate with gouache.
Daisy Duckin. Inspired by a vintage pulp fiction cover.   A3. Reverse painted on transparent acetate with gouache.
Daisy Duckin. Inspired by a vintage pulp fiction cover. A3. Reverse painted on transparent acetate with gouache.
Cherry On Top. A3. Reverse painted on transparent acetate with gouache.
Cherry On Top. A3. Reverse painted on transparent acetate with gouache.
Devil Set Me Free. Self Portrait of my Gemini nature. A3. Reverse painted on transparent acetate with gouache.
Devil Set Me Free. Self Portrait of my Gemini nature. A3. Reverse painted on transparent acetate with gouache.

Ohh Bondage Up Yours
Gouache on acetate - A3
Inspired by the lyrics of X-Ray Specs. “Some people say little girls should be seen and not heard but I say oh bondage up yours”. Reverse painted on transparent acetate with gouache. 

Love, Lust, Desire
Gouache on acetate - A3
Inspired by the lyrics of X-Ray Specs. “Some people say little girls should be seen and not heard but I say oh bondage up yours” A3. Reverse painted on transparent acetate with gouache. 

What’s Up Doc?
Gouache on acetate - A3

Exploring the constructs of gender. Reverse painted on transparent acetate with gouache. 

Bambi Love, Boobies and Rainbows and Jerry’s Love and Acceptance
Gouache on acetate - A3
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Series exploring the constructs of gender. Reverse painted on transparent acetate with gouache.  

Typology
Gouache on acetate - A5
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My Typology project. A series of still life paintings of kitsch toys. These explore theories around feminist kitsch aesthetics, the division between craft and fine art, and resulting traditional delegation to craft of artwork created by women. Reverse painted with gouache on acetate and edited in photoshop. 

Vanishing Vulva
Gouache on acetate - A5
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The Vanishing Vulva series. Exploring the vanishing of the vulva and female anatomy and how the Ancient Greeks wrote women out of worship and censored our bodies. A5 Reverse painted on transparent acetate with gouache and edited in Photoshop. 

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