Amour Propre Painting

Kimikaa: I have a great interest in community and the colors they create. The fragmented moments they share. The emotions in between spaces, shattered and carried throughout our lives. To notice, to make an account, drives me. These paintings are about the pleasures of being aware of the world around me and telling these stories from many angles. Diving into these shapes and juxtaposition help me push between the paint, my subject and experience. Exploring community with an expanding grasp of shape, color, and process. Amour Propre | 2016 8.5"x 11.75", Watercolor + Ink on Bristol model: Daniel Oliver Howerton location: San Francisco Financial District, CA representation: Tree House Studio Collective Kimikaa Edition Original Available Prints Available About Painting Amour-propre explores the concept in the philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau that esteem depends upon the opinion of others. Rousseau contrasts it with amour de soi, which also means "self-love", but which does not involve seeing oneself as others see one. According to Rousseau, amour de soi is more primitive and is compatible with wholeness and happiness, while amour-propre is an unnatural form of self-love that arose only with the appearance of society and individuals' consequent ability to compare themselves with one another. Rousseau thought that amour-propre was subject to corruption, thereby causing vice and misery. The term generally refers to man's desire to satisfy his own needs and desires. Ready-to-hang: YES Original/Signed: YES Media: Gallery quality Bristol This art comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. If you have any questions/concerns please contact me through my shop and you will receive an answer within 24 hours.