Rita Chehab
Sienna, Melancholy Series
Acrylic on Canvas, June 2021, 50 cm x 50 cm.
We are such a fragile species. At any moment, without warning, everything we have, everything we love and cherish can be lost. Our whole life can change in one day, in one unexpected moment. This is life, this is reality… The Best we can do is never lose and always have faith in God.
Expecting, Wishful Series
Acrylic on Canvas, January 2022, 50 cm x 60 cm.
A New Beginning, or maybe a new Love, or perhaps a newborn… coming into this world of fear… a world of disease… a world with an unpredictable and uncertain future. I don’t remember the last time I had to think twice before hugging a child. I wish to return to simple pleasures; when kissing a new Love wasn’t dangerous; and when sitting with your family at dinner didn’t require a mask”.
Mon Amour, Glamour Series
Acrylic on Canvas, March 2022, 30 cm x 40 cm.
Every time I take a step back to pause, reflect, and imagine my next paiting, I somehow find myself painting the three of us… me and my two girls. Perhaps some stories are simply too close to my heart to ever leave the canvas. My greatest wish is that God grants me the strength and health to walk beside them for as long as life allows, to witness their journeys, share their joys, and cherish every little moment we are given together… until our very last steps. Because beyond every painting I create, they will always be my most beautiful masterpiece.
STATEMENTS
My artwork draws inspiration directly from my existence as a Woman, as a Mother and as an Artist, taking the viewer into an emotional journey, where imagination, dreams, symbolism and poetry blend together to transform the seemingly mundane into surrealistic atmospheres of joy and excitement.
Rita’s Quotes:
➢ Each brushstroke reflects a heartbeat of hope, a spark of Light, and the warmth of human connection.
➢ In a world that asks you to fit in, dare to remain yourself.
➢ Your identity is not a mask you create for others.
➢ Even in chaos, light can choose to exists.
➢ Be yourself. Know yourself. Protect your uniqueness. There is power in knowing who you are.
➢ Resilience is born from the refusal to let darkness define you.
➢ As human beings, we are soft and fragile; life can turn in a moment. Faith is the light that guides us through every minute.
➢ Through light and subtle color, these paintings reveal the spectrum of a woman’s life: nurturing, longing, strength, beauty, and the endless capacity to hold all of it at once.
➢ Courage is the act of standing again, and again, in uncertainty.
➢ Like shadows cast at dusk, our lives are brief, yet they are shaped by light, by meaning, expression, and legacy.
➢ Positivity is a choice repeated, even without answers.
➢ My paintings are a reflection of my life as a Mother, as a Woman, and as an ARTIST.
➢ True beauty is not becoming who the world expects you to be. It is becoming fully yourself.
➢ The mind may be heavy, but the spirit can still shine.
➢ To see her is to see depth: the mother, the woman, the lover, the self-aware being; standing tall and complete.
➢ Each painting I present here is a testament to the light I feel; a fusion of my life, my personal stories, and my deep emotions.
➢ Identity is knowing who you are—and having the courage to remain so. When everything else falls away, your identity remains.
➢ True beauty begins with the courage to be yourself.
Rita Chehab @endlesseasel_by_ritachehab