2020 | COLLECTION PART 2
THE AFTERMATH
I created THE AFTERMATH after surviving my stormy past. These are some of the biggest lessons I learned involving either virtues or values that are key factors to living a more meaningful life. This entire collection has gold and silver leaf along with a color palette reminiscent of the rainbow that comes up after a turbulent storm.
BE EMPATHETIC | 34x34cm / 13.8x13.8in | Acrylics + Gold Foil (*36.5X36.5cm / 14.4x144in framed)
BE EMPATHETIC
Everything begins with love, and love begins with empathy; no judgement. MOVING AWAY FROM EGO, Grounding yourself; understanding and lending a hand to your neighbor.
BE HONEST
It’s only after you are completely honest with yourself and you face your truth, when you are ready to begin to climb that mountain.
BE HONEST | 34x34cm / 13.8x13.8in | Acrylics + Gold Foil (*36.5X36.5cm / 14.4x144in framed)
BE STRONG | 34x34cm / 13.8x13.8in | Acrylics + Gold Foil (*36.5X36.5cm / 14.4x144in framed)
BE STRONG
A tree’s trunk grows thicker preventing the tree from being blown over; year on year it becomes stronger and stronger. This is exactly how life battles work on us human beings; each lesson learned make us more resistant, wiser and stronger.
BE FEARLESS
Don’t expect life to be fair. You should be willing to take risks because only then, will you find the lows that will take you to the highest highs.
BE FEARLESS | 34x34cm / 13.8x13.8in | Acrylics + Gold Foil (*36.5X36.5cm / 14.4x144in framed)
BE CONFIDENT | 34x34cm / 13.8x13.8in | Acrylics + Gold Foil (*36.5X36.5cm / 14.4x144in framed)
BE CONFIDENT
Just like a lighthouse, always stand tall and firm shining your light to inspire others. Stand taller, hold your head higher, raise you voice louder… Confidence is built from within, don’t doubt yourself.
BE PRESENT
Be here now. Enjoy every second of it. Breathe. Feel.
BE PRESENT | 34x34cm / 13.8x13.8in | Acrylics + Gold Foil (*36.5X36.5cm / 14.4x144in framed)
BE CALM | 34x34cm / 13.8x13.8in | Acrylics + Gold Foil (*36.5X36.5cm / 14.4x144in framed)
BE CALM
We can’t control what life throws our way, but we can control our response which will then directly affect the outcome.
BE GENUINE
Just be genuine, be yourself and enjoy your life fully. Don’t waste your days daydreaming on what it would be like to have someone’s life, wardrobe, partner or anything. Remember this: the more you focus on someone else’s life, the more yours go down the drain.
BE GENUINE | 34x34cm / 13.8x13.8in | Acrylics + Gold Foil (*36.5X36.5cm / 14.4x144in framed)
BE BRIGHT | 34x34cm / 13.8x13.8in | Acrylics + Gold Foil (*36.5X36.5cm / 14.4x144in framed)
BE BRIGHT
Never dim your light for anyone, if anything use it to brighten your neighbor’s path. Light your way and, therefore, their way.
BE KIND
It is incredibly easy to be kind. It is so simple to brighten someone’s day and spreading love. There is no need for your superiority, for racism, for elitism… At the end of the day, we are all the same; We are all HUMAN.
BE KIND | 34x34cm / 13.8x13.8in | Acrylics + Gold Foil (*36.5X36.5cm / 14.4x144in framed)
BE PATIENT | 34x34cm / 13.8x13.8in | Acrylics + Gold Foil (*36.5X36.5cm / 14.4x144in framed)
BE PATIENT
Patience is a never-ending lesson and possibly the most important part of the process.
BE FREE
It isn’t until you know who you genuinely are, what you like and dislike and what you truly stand for, that you will be completely free.
BE FREE | 34x34cm / 13.8x13.8in | Acrylics + Gold Foil (*36.5X36.5cm / 14.4x144in framed)