About the Artist

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Bio:  

Braden Duncan is a portrait artist by trade, imperfect by choice, and a cog in the machine of human mythology by default. Oils are her truest love, and graphite will always hold a place of sweet nostalgia for her... But watercolour is her experimental mistress, unpredictable yet fortuitous, and she loves the challenge that it presents.   

An alumnus of Cornish College of the Arts, Braden lives in Seattle, Washington with her chosen family and the animals of the Mongrel Circus.

Artist Statement:  

Imagine a world in which the human shell  
Exists as an irrefutable figure of beauty -
  
In which flesh is smooth and perfect  
(free from unsightly flaws), 
In which all wounds heal 
(no matter their depth), 
And all scars fade with time.  

Imagine a world in which the chronicle of skin 
Discloses no more narrative 
Than a resting stone -  

In which surface texture is the only truth 
(free from past and future), 
In which there is no bond between beings 
(no matter the need), 
And no new forms manifest.  

This world is not the world of art -
Nor is this the world of significance 
Or splendour.  

My world is a world of blemishes -
Flawed, and true.  

My world is mythos imperfect.