Full Title: How we laugh and laugh at the fuckery of childbirth after being sold the lie it’s the most beautiful thing in the world - what other life-events with fanny-stitches, ulcer’d nipples, and shitting on the floor are considered beautiful?
Acrylic on canvas
30” x 40”
Unframed
Exhibited at He Waka Tuia in Invercargill, May 2026
Postage / collection will be calculated upon purchase. You can also get in touch for a quote.
The quote in this piece is the true inspiration. For more context though please get in touch.
“For society, for the patriarch and crucially the capitalism that is symbiotic with it, it us useful to preserve the facade that motherhood is blissful. It keeps women doing it, it keeps them buying stuff to do it ‘right’” - Emma Jane Unsworth, After the Storm
Full Title: How we laugh and laugh at the fuckery of childbirth after being sold the lie it’s the most beautiful thing in the world - what other life-events with fanny-stitches, ulcer’d nipples, and shitting on the floor are considered beautiful?
Acrylic on canvas
30” x 40”
Unframed
Exhibited at He Waka Tuia in Invercargill, May 2026
Postage / collection will be calculated upon purchase. You can also get in touch for a quote.
The quote in this piece is the true inspiration. For more context though please get in touch.
“For society, for the patriarch and crucially the capitalism that is symbiotic with it, it us useful to preserve the facade that motherhood is blissful. It keeps women doing it, it keeps them buying stuff to do it ‘right’” - Emma Jane Unsworth, After the Storm
Each order is printed on demand on Enhanced Matte – 230gsm Smooth Matte paper. All prints are hand signed.
A5 - $40 14.8 x 21.0 cm / 5.8 x 8.3 inch
A4 - $80 21 x 29.7 cm / 11.7 x 8.3 inch
A3 - $120 29.7 x 42.0 cm / 16.5 x 11.7 inch
