The animals in Beth Cavener (TM)s work are better described as avatars, embodiments of persons or emotions that disguise her subjects.
We ultimately come to understand that the human and the anim.
The animal reveals the subject (TM)s primal roots and serves as the lens through which we see the evolution of the subject into a modern being.
In this way she gives her subjects an expanded identity, pairing each with an animal that, to one extent or another, explains or parallels their behavior.
The animals in Beth Cavener (TM)s work are better described as avatars, embodiments of persons or emotions that disguise her subjects