JESS MALANE Pre-Vinylettes’ Suffragette Centennial Enamel on wood, 13” x 22.5” IG: @jessmalane
I’m Jess, my pronouns are she /her. I am based in Los Angeles and have been painting signs for a living for the past year. My inspiration to continue to paint during these crazy times is reflective in this quote from Margaret Kilgallen: “I especially hope to inspire young women because I often feel like so much emphasis is put on how beautiful you are or how thin you are, and not a lot of emphasis is put on how
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smart you are and what you can do. I’d like to change the emphasis of what’s important while looking at a woman.” Another source of inspiration comes from the landscape and history of signwriting in Southern California.