The artist Stutzman's work features stoic yet grotesque figures, often with a pastel color palette reminiscent of New Wave cinema and animation. Her subjects appear to be from a shared girlhood, recognizable in posture but unplaceable in appearance, with bodies that ripple like soft clay under pressure. Emotion is conveyed through the body, not just the mind, resulting in portraits of overwhelm with details such as furrowed eyebrows, rosy cheeks, and slack mouths.