Speak Sweetly to Yourself

 

“Speak Sweetly to Yourself” 48 x 48 original oil on canvas. From new “VALUES” collection summer 2023 -unframed

 

Part of the “Values” collection.

 

This piece is really fascinating to me. I have been in a sullen and sad place lately and this piece is just so fucking cheerful. As you may know I got into paint as a form of trauma therapy and I just never left it. It’s the most expressive form of letting things out, I have come to. Letting your intuition take over and move the paint, not inhibiting it but just being curious.  You learn so much about yourself and what you’re feeling, thinking and holding within.

 

So “speak sweetly to yourself” comes to me in a time when I am really struggling to do that. Where the words just don’t seem to come out in a self loving way.  And yet, the body knows, the mind knows.  Why are we such barriers to what we already know?

 

This piece ended when I stood back and feel soft and warm and childlike and happy. It made me feel hopeful that I could creat this from myself when I felt so low.

 

What does it mean? I guess it’s in there. Somewhere inside it’s in there and you’ll find it again so speak sweetly to yourself. ❤️