One of our most-read articles of 2021 shines a light on 12 women artists who paint women in nuanced and powerful ways. Included is Naudline Pierre, whose large-scale, mystical paintings “seem to almost vibrate with the energy of celestial beings”, notes Elephant’s Louise Benson. Pierre’s deeply personal work features a recurrent, female alter-ego: “I’m calling her a twin in another universe right now,” the artist explained last year. “Whoever she is, she’s not me. She’s someone who looks like me and has some of my characteristics, but has an entirely different existence.” Find out which other artists are included here.
