Hers was Neon

I paint Freda regularly. She doesn’t always look like her because Im painting my own story of energy and experience. When I paint her I am painting my own emotional connection to an energy I am feeling while Im thinking of her. Freda is so beautiful and iconic but she doesn’t always look beautiful when I paint her. This painting expresses an energy of contrast. The monotony of life in the browns of varying flavours but a life still bright hence the neon halo. I’m not painting her or her energy at that time but my own feelings. I’d felt trapped in a place I didn’t want to be. Forced to live a life that didn’t feel like my own but still found satisfaction and value from regardless. Freda for me is a reflection of how I’m feeling. I hope the viewers connect with this piece in much the same way as a mirror only they can reflect to interpret expressing their own essence energy & experiences through her.