Artist: Naila Venable

Year Completed: 2021

Medium: Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas

Dimensions in Inches (HxWxD): 24" x 36" x 1"

Shipping from: US

About the Artist:
My work is like little "farewell letters" to myself; a scrapbook of my worst memories/feelings, "cringey" and "depressing", but it reminds me how I can get through the times where I felt I couldn't go on; the power of resilience and vulnerability. I know as artists we create what we can't say, but I create what I am ashamed to feel. My creative process includes journaling, then literally capturing raw emotions on camera, then later collaging the feeling onto canvas. The process itself can be even harder than the journaling because it's like looking at a forever cry; hung in my studio staring right back at me, until someone relieves me of that painting by purchasing it. It's my own little therapy. My goal is to bring mental health to the forefront. Look at the trauma, acknowledge it, then release it; On my youtube channel (dbnaila) I do exactly that; I talk, I cry, then I create with my community. I allow myself to make mistakes, and become vulnerable. Life is about letting go.

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