Badass Queens

A riot of opulence and primal power, this series reimagines Baroque-era women as unyielding rulers flanked by beasts that mirror their ferocity. Gilded textures, cascading velvets, and chiaroscuro drama frame lion-taming countesses, wolf-commanding aristocrats, and hawk-eyed duchesses—each a fusion of elegance and wildness. Rendered in oil-painted grandeur with digital surrealism, the work subverts historical narratives of femininity, replacing fragility with fearless dominion. Wolves snarl at rococo excess; falcons pierce patriarchal gazes. Here, the animal is both ally and emblem—an extension of the queens’ untamed sovereignty.