Art and authenticity - The CreativeMindClass Blog

Connecting to your true self; the deep essence of what a person is.

Angela Maria Sierra, a Spanish-born artist, portrays true her own emotions and the feelings she's going through. The result is in the form of models with a rich emotional life, full of sensitivity as well as ease and happiness.

She is better known in the world of art as Riso Chan - a portrait artist and an artist who is currently a teacher at The Netherlands. Her new venture is just beginning. art journey by creating videos and her very own YouTube channel! This was something she's always was wishing to do for a very long period of. Bravely storming through the awkwardness of speaking to the camera, she uploaded a fun-to-watch video about herself working, her life, and the creative environment in which she lives.

Riso Chan on embracing her true, sensitive self through art:

My work is very emotional. I create portraits of myself of the feelings I am feeling. My entire life, I have been a sensitive individual. When I was young I've had a feeling that made me feel uncomfortable , and I would try to get it out of my system. (...) As you grow, you realise that actually it's alright and everyone feels different. I decided to make use of all the emotional energy I carry into my daily life and start painting. I draw on it to stimulate my creativity and to spark the imagination of others. It's amazing that the thing I had been trying to push down for all of my life, all of a sudden, I put on a paper, and it felt like such a feeling of relief. There is finally a place where I can utilize this feeling, and I can utilize these feelings, pains, and joys to put them down on paper. This was a truly amazing experience and took me to a place where I felt grateful. It started resonating with a many others. It was a time of opening myself up and putting things onto paper that I had have never considered before. As opposed to trying to look like other artists who already "made it", I really tuned to what I want to express and what I want to express as an individual. I embraced something that I was not happy with about myself , and then realized this was my true power. I am really happy being my authentic, sensitive self.

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