Sexuality of The Woman
Format offers the chance to create a personal concept and poetry of space; the paint, the developing image, and a light coming from within the painting create an image most often of a woman with a physicality, sexuality, and an inner world of profound thought, emotion, and intelligence. I want the painting itself to be recognized for the object it is so that the moment depicted in the painting becomes permanent, and the painting can transform the experience of time.
Interior with Nude, Puppy and Bunny, 18″x24″, oil on linen, by Betsy Podlach. Available at Frederick Homes & Company Gallery
Sensuality & Nudity
The depiction of the female body, whether nude or not, has been a recurring theme in my work. For me, nudity is a powerful way to offer meaning to the sensuality of the female form. Some of my figurative paintings draw on mythology and religious themes to explore the female spirit. Goddesses and female saints have been central figures in art history, representing various aspects of femininity, including motherhood, wisdom, and sensuality. The expression of female sexuality is an ever evolving topic for me.
Woman at French Doors, 44″x44″, oil on linen, by Betsy Podlach. Available at Frederick Homes & Company Gallery
Integrated Human Experience
My paintings often include animals and other aspects of the natural world. I believe as human beings we are but one species of many, all arising from the same natural world. Our relationships with other species and with the natural world are essential and important and help to make us both more human and more integrated into life and the wider world of nature and nurture. In art history and the eons of human experience animals and flora and fauna also hold symbolic importance in both human sexuality, sensuality and mystical powers. My animals stand for both essentials interaction and magic and female sexuality and fertility. Birds and wings symbolize freedom and the soaring spirit of womanhood.
Woman in Straw Hat, 46″x46″, oil on linen, by Betsy Podlach. Available at Frederick Homes & Company Gallery