Etienne Marquis, 2025, Brittany Broski, 300 gsm,  A4 Print
 
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As an avid podcast enjoyer who listens while painting. I have found myself enamored by the work of Brittany Broski in her series 'The Broskis Report'.

Her quick wit, intelligence, comical and emotional anecdotes on the world as well as her ability to weave through memory and etymology tangents while constantly learning new information are just a few of the reasons why I tune in.

I was re visiting a few of her older podcasts where in an episode titled 'My Controversial Thoughts on Shrek 2' (entirely unrelated to the speech I will be quoting), She talks about societal pressures to confirm the ever-changing standard of beauty.

She states that there was an era where women who looked like her had their time. That beauty trends have moved on and that women who look like her in the current day are no longer seen as beautiful.

She questions why these things change and makes a statement about the pride she feels in looking like her parents and how that is something which has helped her to love her own features.

She then goes on to talk about her rejection of modern day beauty and how she is actively seeking to enhance and be proud of the features she has instead of attempting to hide them.

"The things that make me, me are not things that I am willing to give up to meet some standard of beauty that like I said is fleeting, and will change."

Her words moved me and I felt compelled to paint her in a way befitting of her beauty. In a 16th century baroque style loosely inspired by the work of Carlo Maratta. Brittany is draped in glistening silk. Her pale skin blended with an almost transparent softness. Her hands are posed in mournful prayer as she gazes off to the distance with melancholic longing.