G. Maynard Montaine

Public Artist's Statement

We as a culture are sold an unrealistic, hyped up and embellished version of physical anatomy. At the same time, we learn to see a narrow range of age and physical attributes as acceptable. We are desensitized to, and no longer appreciative of natural human form and beauty. Though perhaps still somewhat romanticized, I show the female form in a more realistic and diverse fashion, inclusive of all (legal) ages, sizes, ethnicities, and possibly physical impairments. I start with women because they have been longest victimized, though the same thing is now being thrust upon the male physique. I might at some future point branch out to address the male's quandary as well.