Artist spotlight:

             Artist's statement. 

     In all pieces I make and have made, I stick to the same subject matter. All of these things seem to translate well into my comic book style of art, but other than the style, I had wondered for a while what connects my pieces - what connects my subject matter and my interest in them? In one way I liked the idea of grouping them all together as a statement about myself; the different areas of my life, a horror comic artist on the side, a roller derby skater at night, a burlesque vixen on the weekends, and a constant music connoisseur.

     However, I started to realize on a somewhat deeper level how all these themes represent a part of my personality. Whether conscious or not, my art tends to focus on female subjects - as if the feminist part of my brain, perhaps, saying "We can do it!" in a Rosie the Riveter manner.

     Regardless of what the subjects of my art are doing - whether they're looking pretty or in the heat of battle with monsters - I'd like to think they are representing the different facets and strengths of women. As I've said before, I myself am a woman of many faces, so I know you can't just view any one woman in any one way.
                            Brooke Hernando