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Tucking into Indulgence, paintings by Lee Price that show women eating food

Artist Lee Price loves to create realistic oil paintings, that show women and food in their most intimate and private settings.

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All images courtesy of the artist

All images courtesy of the artist

These pictures are actually self-portraits, showing Lee getting excessive with food that is considered especially indulgent and forbidden. I guess you could say that her work points to the pressures that women face on a daily basis.

As Lee explains: "In this society, there’s so much pressure for women to be thin. We’re not supposed to have appetites – and not just for food, but for a lot of things. We’re the givers and not the consumers, and I think some of my recent paintings are about the women staring at the viewers and saying, ‘I’m not going to censor my appetite’."

Self-portrait oil painting by Lee Price of a woman in a pink bathtub with various indulgent foods and sauces arranged below the tub's edge
Woman lying on white sheets surrounded by crumbs and food debris, viewed from above, in an oil painting by Lee Price
Woman lying on striped fabric eating cake, surrounded by scattered snacks and food wrappers; woman submerged in bathtub with black hair illustration covering her head and shoulders
Woman lying on white bedding surrounded by scattered snack foods and confectionery, viewed from above, eating indulgently
Woman lying in a bathtub filled with lemon slices, viewed from above
Overhead view of a woman lying in a bathtub holding a bowl of cereal, surrounded by snacks and food packaging on the tiled floor, from Lee Price's self-portrait series
Woman lying in a bathtub viewed from above, arms outstretched, in a self-portrait oil painting by Lee Price
Woman floating above a bed in beige clothing, holding a box of pastries, alongside a bathtub filled with lemon slices
Woman lying on floral fabric surrounded by teacups and saucers, wearing a white dress and holding a cup
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