I went to an arts magnet school for 11th and 12th grade which was the first time I’d ever really painted. Before that it was all violent comics and drawing in textbooks. Painting felt right so I took a bunch of portrait and figure painting classes in undergrad at Coastal Carolina University (2010). It took a few years to realize I actually hated painting representationally (just use a camera) so everything from grad school onward (University of North Carolina 2017) has been real pared down and muted (and angsty).
Read MoreJaime Bull’s installation “Rhinestone Cowgirls” is on view at Whitespec in Atlanta, GA until March 23. Her tough yet wonky procession of feminine figures in glimmering raiment gives a sense of timelessness to an inner feminine story. It is a romantic, hilarious, sincere look into the past and future at once.