“heart breaks, rejection, growing pains, loss and moments of (in hindsight funny) misfortune.” - Ariane Heloise Hughes

These paintings vibrate through provocation, ciphers, seduction, and, above all, freedom.

After all, chance, myth, cynicism, lust, and misfortune are all part of the package that informs our personal and interpersonal relationships.

Hughes intentionally made 13 paintings for her show—the unlucky number.