Ashley Anson mixing absurd violence with feminine ideals

Taking a close look at the work of Ashley Anson

Do you think that by looking at a piece of art you can determine whether it was made by a man or a woman? I posed this question to myself and some friends a while ago. From that I began these paintings. What is masculine? What is feminine? Are men inherently harsh and crude, are woman subtle and sweet, and are humans naturally drawn to violence and gore? I decided to paint masculine, or harsh images and pair them with the craft traditionally thought of as a feminine past time: embroidery. I paint on used bed sheets, and use years of viewing television shows such as Cops as my cue to create images of absurd violence that are twisted with feminine ideals. –Ashley Anson, Juxtapoz 79