She takes her inspiration from a range of historical depictions of women: this can be other artists (the stance in A Shortcut to Sensation is taken directly from a Mucha painting), pornographic photography or suggestive advertising imagery. The original sources are all alike in that they idealise women in various levels of submission <ETH> these women are all sexualised objects packaged for the male admirer.


Ellie Howitt
Your Kiss Is Warm and Tender, oil on canvas, 2005
Ellie Howitt
A Shortcut to Sensation?, oil on canvas, 2005
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