VIEW IN MY ROOM
United States
Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 36 W x 36 H x 1.5 D in
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Face Yourself ———————————————— ⠀⠀ I’ve noticed I receive a question often: how can I be more confident? How can I practice more body positivity? For me it comes down to courage. Being confident is being really courageous even when you feel intimidated. . —————————— ⠀⠀ So to anyone who has asked me this question, here are my experiences for building that strength. With anything, it takes practice. . ⠀⠀ 1. Face the fear of who you are. You are not perfect-own it. You don’t need to be anything for anyone. Being real is hard. Being fake is easy. You need to love and accept who you really are to show that person to the world. When we hide behind the facade of who we need to be, we suffer. Own the things you dislike and start loving them-this life is too short. . ⠀⠀ 2. Understand the world may not like you, how you look, your work— screw them. Find the confidence to like who you are. Fake it until you truly do. That day will come. . ⠀⠀ 3. You can’t control other people’s opinion of you and frankly, their opinion is none of your business. Keep forging ahead being the best person you can be-the right people will eventually follow. . ⠀⠀ 4. And lastly, you will have moments when you hate yourself and say mean things about yourself. For every negative thought you think about yourself, say 3 kind things. There is much more good in you than there is bad. Remind yourself each time you forget. . We forget how hard life is. Walk a day in your own shoes & realize how strong, capable and resilient you are.
Painting:Acrylic on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:36 W x 36 H x 1.5 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
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Elisa Valenti is a self-taught contemporary figurative painter whose works delight in the beauty and vigor of real, luscious bodies. Valenti’s paintings are a sensuous celebration of form. Voluptuous figures reach, twist and revel in a Fauvist dance across the canvas, honoring their vessels. The bodies Valenti paints serve as a looking glass for those whose own bodies have been underrepresented in modern and contemporary art. Growing up in a culture where body-positivity did not yet exist and worthiness could only be equated with thinness, it wasn’t until Valenti started painting bodies that looked like hers that her journey of self love began. Utilizing arresting colors evocative of the Fauves and Cubist color-blocking, Valenti adapts two iconic styles pioneered by men and flips the gaze inward. As well, she draws inspiration from her mother’s career as a lingerie sample-maker and master dress maker, venerating the celestial mounds and valleys of the female form. Each brushstroke highlighting the curve of a hip or roll of flesh is an act of defiance – a celebration of radical worthiness.
Handpicked to show at The Other Art Fair presented by Saatchi Art in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Brooklyn
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