Eloise Flynn Raw

This is my first ever self-portrait. To say it was a confronting experience would be an understatement. As a young artist, I often disconnect my ‘work’ from myself and not see it as my own but something separate. A disbelief, almost, that I have the ability to create something beautiful. This piece is my claiming. It is a combination of my favourite styles: refined, detailed realism and messy, emotional impressionism. The rough lines, paper seeping through leaves – it is almost ‘unfinished’, a work-in-progress, just like me. A piece of myself truly laid out, for the first time.