Madeline (Maddie) Lee’s practice is centered on a series of self-portraits exploring her own female sexuality.

She guides viewers through and across the planes of her own skin to create a level of intimacy that can only be described through the act of looking. Paint becomes skin, skin becomes light, and body becomes an acceptance of beauty. She desires to push the concept of feminism beyond that of the male and female gaze to seek a feeling of self-love and fragility as an exclamation of power.