'Finding Joy in Discomfort' Original 16 x 20 mixed media canvas

Titled 'Finding Joy in Discomfort'
She let her value lay in your words. 
Reaching for an unattainable version of her body. 
Wanting your approval.. your lust and affection. 
You're emotional connection. 
She reached for so long she forgot about herself. 
She forgot to love herself. 
She lost sight of the truth. 
The truth that she was always enough .
Part of Phases
Phases is my love letter to women...seven paintings that hold every messy, beautiful bit of us. 
Each one is a snapshot of the lives we lead, the bodies we carry, and the stories we’re rewriting. 
Its not about being perfect. 
It’s about the real stuff—scars from our childhood, falling apart as adults, the weight of society telling us to shrink or smile, the insecurities we’ve wrestled, and the dreams we’re still chasing.
 It’s for every woman who’s felt the push and pull of what we’re “supposed” to be and decided to show up as herself anyway.
These women...they’re us. 
The stretch marks of motherhood and the grit of starting over. 
Carrying the quiet scars of “not enough” but standing tall.
Mixed media 16 x 20 canvas.
Acrylics, acrylic inks, alcohol inks, spray paint, gold foil, and oil.