Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Self Portrait







-My image is a painting which signifies personal growth despite challenges.


                            -My image contains a silhouetted woman, stretched towards an orange sunset, with sunflowers growing around her.
-       I wanted to make my project personal, I thought compiling a bunch of photographs wouldn’t completely capture a personal essence of myself. I am not a great artist, but I thought it would represent me more if I painted.
                                     -I am not a great artist, clearly, but I believe when a person looks at my image, they might just see a woman outstretched to the sky, sort of a dance position, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder and someone may have many other interpretations to my image.
-       I was inspired and influenced by Frida Kahlo’s raw vulnerability in her paintings, to create a portrait that directly expressed me.
-       I first outlined my image with a pencil on canvas, then painted it with acrylic paint.
                            -This project represents my constant journey to self betterment. I believe that growth is a choice, and I refuse to be held back by fear of change. I choose to let flowers bloom in every crack and crevice of my body which pain has formed.













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