Rita Chehab
Colette, Acrylic on canvas, 60*60cm, 2022.
The cigarette hangs from her mouth as she contemplates its toxicity. She struggles to reconcile the negative energy created by negative people around her, with the power and allure of the smoke, the mystery behind its movement. As the cigarette gets smaller and smaller, she prays that the smoke will carry with it all of society’s woes and ugliness, to reveal in its wake a beauty of confidence.
Valencia, Acrylic on canvas, 50*70cm, 2022
She decides to walk away from the smoke, the pollution, the toxicity of society, and just focus on herself; on her potential… leaving the darkness behind her… Leaving behind a hard life, and keep forward, she stopped accepting the abuse. She now takes hold of her life, gripping with surety, carrying her confidence up high. She decides to restart, but this time her kids give her strength, and the responsibility of taking care of her life to give them a better future.
Her belief and confidence in herself gives her strength. She believes in her vision, unequivocally, despite the crowd around her. She is…. amazing.
STATEMENT
- It comes natural to me; this feeling that my emotions are escaping my heart. I then capture them on my brush, as I transform a blank canvas into images of my imagination.
- It’s the Immortality of the soul and the stories that linger far beyond our physical presence.
- Each painting I present here is a testament to this Immortality, a fusion of my life, my personal stories, my eternal emotions.
- Every time I transform my white canvas into a painting from my imagination, I tell a story; my story; and the canvas flourishes to life.
- I paint moments of joy, passion, fear, loneliness, sadness, love, togetherness, contentment.. I capture these moments with my brushes and colours, I then frame them on my canvas and embed them forever in my heart.
- I hope that, through art, these pieces will achieve a form of immortality, resonating with others and living on as a timeless connection to the human experience.
Rita Chehab @endlesseasel_by_ritachehab