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Steinkraus’s work is influenced by her research into art history, women’s history, and the flora and fauna of the Shenandoah Valley where she lives. In this incredibly multi-layered exhibition, she repurposes imagery from mythology, the Italian Renaissance and Romanticism to ask questions about femininity and humanity’s destruction of the biosphere.

Stylistically, Princess Botticelli presents all of the familiar elements of a Steinkraus painting saturated colors, confident women, and ecologically-informed landscapes. Painted primarily in oil and acrylic, the paintings are intricately …