Authenticity in art - The CreativeMindClass Blog

Connecting to your true self; the deep core of who one is.

Angela Maria Sierra, a Spanish-born artist, portrays true self and emotions she is going through. It is evident in her models with a rich emotional life filled with sensitivity, ease, and joy.

She is known to the art world under the name Riso Chan, the portrait artist as well as an artist currently in The Netherlands. Her new venture is just beginning. creative journey through videos as well as her own creative YouTube channel! This was something she's always was wishing to do for a very lengthy period of. With courage and determination, she fought through uncomfortable conversations with cameras, she made an entertaining video of herself, her work, and the creative environment in which she lives.

Riso Chan about embracing her authentic self in artwork:

My work is extremely emotional. My work is based on portraits which depict the emotions I am feeling. I was always a very sensitive person. Since I was a child there was something that always felt a bit uneasy and I attempted to get it out of my system. (...) When you get older to maturity, you realize that everything is fine and everybody feels differently. I decided to use all the emotional energy I have to my daily life and start painting. I draw on it to stimulate my creative juices and generate new ideas. This is astonishing because of the thing I had been trying to push down for all of my life suddenly, I put on a piece of paper and seemed like a great feeling of relief. Finally, there is the possibility to utilize this feeling, and I am able to use my emotions, pains, and joys to put them down on paper. The experience was truly wonderful and took me to a state that was filled with gratitude. The experience began to resonate with a number of others too. I began to open to putting ideas on paper that I never thought of before. As opposed to trying to be like other artists who previously "made it" I was really listening to what I want to express and the person I am as a person. I accepted something I didn't like about me and realized this was my true power. I'm very happy to be the most sensitive me.

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