The painting above is entitled Ellen's Ghost, made in 2002, and is acrylic on paper. This comes from a gallery of Christa Esquitin's more twisted material — material she has quarantined from those who only appreciate "cutesy" images.
A graduate of three notable art schools, Christa spends most of her time painting with acrylics, and she does a nice job of it too. While some say her style of painting is "disgusting", I tend to think of it trillions of Edvard Munsch's The Scream magnified until you feel a bristling heat. I don't mean this in the sense that she is being derivative, but in the sense she is painting with full expression.
Oftentimes, you see cute little skulls in on some teeny bopper's charm bracelet. Perhaps she wears a necklace with spikes. This is all an attempt to be edgy, but real edge comes with naked and raw experience which Christa seems to easily express in her "offensive" paintings.
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