Adam McCarthy

In this latest collection of works, I explore the relationship between beauty and death, focusing on tattooed female figures intertwined with memento mori, represented by skulls. I am fascinated by the way that light plays off the ink submerged inside the flesh on tattooed skin, and the dimension it adds to the female form. Mixing this with necrotic imagery intends to study the balance between life and death.

Here I have invoked images reminiscent of ritual witchcraft and a unique relationship between femininity and mystical power, perfectly balanced between light and dark. My intention is to represent the female subjects as powerfully empowered beings, harnessing and wielding unexplained energies, absent of all fear, and displaying willful strength.