TARYN RILEY
Shocking Stockings
This piece, “Shocking Stockings,” is mixed media (graphite, watercolor, ink and pigment on paper). It is done in a more illustrative style than my typical work and I imagine it as being part of a dusty, old book of long-forgotten (or perhaps never written) fairytales.

Mixed media (watercolor, acrylic, ink, & colored pencil) on paper
Taryn Riley is an artist living and working in Florida. She is currently making the most out of being in occupational limbo by pursuing her art making full-time. Her work explores themes of gender performance and serves as a way for her to process her daily thoughts and experiences. More of her work can be viewed on Instagram (@tarynrileyart) or on her website, tarynriley.com.
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