For All the Dogs
In For All the Dogs, I use playful imagery — a primped Yorkshire Terrier on a pedestal surrounded by adoring dogs — to highlight a much heavier tension: the way women are both idolized and degraded in modern hip hop culture. Inspired by Drake’s album of the same name, this painting is my response to the deeply conflicting emotions I feel as both a fan of his music and a woman who cringes at the casual misogyny laced throughout his lyrics.
Hip hop has long been a space where art, storytelling, and cultural commentary thrive — but it’s also a space where toxic masculinity and the dehumanization of women, especially Black women, are rewarded with streams, awards, and global influence. Drake’s recent work leans heavily on tired manosphere rhetoric and petty jabs at powerful women who challenge the status quo. Instead of growth, I hear insecurity. Instead of elevation, I hear deflection.
This painting asks: why do we allow art that tears women down, when women are the ones who so often hold everything up? Why is respect conditional, and worth constantly questioned?
The dog on the pedestal may be small, feminine, and made to look “cute” — but she’s also elevated, unbothered, and looking straight ahead. She represents the strength and grace women embody while enduring public disrespect. She also reflects my hope: that artists with influence will eventually grow out of weaponizing women’s image for clout — and start honoring the people they depend on most.
ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING
ONE OF ONE
20 × 20 INCHES
READY TO HANG WITH WIRE
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY INCLUDED
In For All the Dogs, I use playful imagery — a primped Yorkshire Terrier on a pedestal surrounded by adoring dogs — to highlight a much heavier tension: the way women are both idolized and degraded in modern hip hop culture. Inspired by Drake’s album of the same name, this painting is my response to the deeply conflicting emotions I feel as both a fan of his music and a woman who cringes at the casual misogyny laced throughout his lyrics.
Hip hop has long been a space where art, storytelling, and cultural commentary thrive — but it’s also a space where toxic masculinity and the dehumanization of women, especially Black women, are rewarded with streams, awards, and global influence. Drake’s recent work leans heavily on tired manosphere rhetoric and petty jabs at powerful women who challenge the status quo. Instead of growth, I hear insecurity. Instead of elevation, I hear deflection.
This painting asks: why do we allow art that tears women down, when women are the ones who so often hold everything up? Why is respect conditional, and worth constantly questioned?
The dog on the pedestal may be small, feminine, and made to look “cute” — but she’s also elevated, unbothered, and looking straight ahead. She represents the strength and grace women embody while enduring public disrespect. She also reflects my hope: that artists with influence will eventually grow out of weaponizing women’s image for clout — and start honoring the people they depend on most.
ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING
ONE OF ONE
20 × 20 INCHES
READY TO HANG WITH WIRE
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY INCLUDED
In For All the Dogs, I use playful imagery — a primped Yorkshire Terrier on a pedestal surrounded by adoring dogs — to highlight a much heavier tension: the way women are both idolized and degraded in modern hip hop culture. Inspired by Drake’s album of the same name, this painting is my response to the deeply conflicting emotions I feel as both a fan of his music and a woman who cringes at the casual misogyny laced throughout his lyrics.
Hip hop has long been a space where art, storytelling, and cultural commentary thrive — but it’s also a space where toxic masculinity and the dehumanization of women, especially Black women, are rewarded with streams, awards, and global influence. Drake’s recent work leans heavily on tired manosphere rhetoric and petty jabs at powerful women who challenge the status quo. Instead of growth, I hear insecurity. Instead of elevation, I hear deflection.
This painting asks: why do we allow art that tears women down, when women are the ones who so often hold everything up? Why is respect conditional, and worth constantly questioned?
The dog on the pedestal may be small, feminine, and made to look “cute” — but she’s also elevated, unbothered, and looking straight ahead. She represents the strength and grace women embody while enduring public disrespect. She also reflects my hope: that artists with influence will eventually grow out of weaponizing women’s image for clout — and start honoring the people they depend on most.
ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING
ONE OF ONE
20 × 20 INCHES
READY TO HANG WITH WIRE
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY INCLUDED