Description: The piece explores pride and fear within a queer partnership, where joy and concealment exist side by side.
I use painting to explore identity, emotion, and belonging through the human form. My figures reflect personal experience, queer identity, and the influence of those around me. By embracing imperfection and vulnerability, I challenge idealized representations of the body and instead highlight authenticity and self-acceptance. My intuitive process allows emotion to guide each mark, creating works that feel both personal and shared. Through this practice, I aim to create space for connection, offering viewers a sense of recognition, comfort, and emotional release.
I paint the body as a lens through which I explore who I am and where I belong in the world. Through my work, the intricate relationships between the human form and its emotion, identity, and expression unfold. Rendering these connections on canvas allows me to process personal experiences while uncovering deeper aspects of myself. The figures I construct become extensions of myself, my surroundings, and those who influence me most. My work often reflects queer histories and identities, offering both emotional release and recognition for lived realities within my community.
A defining characteristic of my artwork is its focus on conveying the emotions and realities of those who are often underrepresented. As a neurodivergent artist, I approach challenges from unconventional perspectives, creating work that offers refuge for those who may feel overlooked or ostracized in a stereotypical world. Within my paintings, nudity becomes a form of honesty, and a display of our most raw, unpolished features.
Art is a powerful form of communication through which many find diverse means of self-expression. My process is driven by an ongoing cycle of questioning and response. Each mark begins with an emotionally charged inquiry, followed by an outburst of paint against the canvas. As the work develops, each stroke generates new reactions, guiding the painting forward. I experience a sense of unity with the work, my body moving in tandem with its creation, absorbing and projecting emotion onto the canvas. The bold, imperfect qualities of oil and acrylic bring vitality to the surface, while molding paste and palette knives carve texture and movement into each piece. These layered surfaces are essential in expressing tension, energy, and individuality within each painting.
Sophie Snodderly is a painter who explores identity, emotion, and the human form in her work. As a queer artist, a lot of what she creates is rooted in personal experience, with a focus on vulnerability, autonomy, and embracing imperfection. She mainly works with oil and acrylic, using bold, expressive brushstrokes and textured surfaces to bring a sense of movement and depth to her pieces. Her work often highlights underrepresented stories and aims to create space for connection and reflection. Sophie also enjoys teaching painting classes and is passionate about building supportive, inclusive spaces for other artists to grow.