Isabella Al-Sharif

My work seeks to embody a portrait of strength, power and multidimensional layers of feminine divinity.  I pick up a brush and enter a world where women are revered for their power as portals of life and creation. Each brushstroke brings me closer to the awareness of empowerment within my own feminine energy. Each painting weaves a thread of unity between women of all races, backgrounds and ethnicities.

            Using gold leaf, I feel like an alchemist crowning each portrait in an aura of divinity where all women are represented. I channel symbols and animals that embody each woman through spiritual themes and nature. Intricate details pour out of me and I enter a cosmic space where time does not exist. These details are my meditative mandala of artistic catharsis.

            Each painting develops its own personality and story that yearns to be told in the form of a poem. Writing poetry builds a bridge between the viewer and painting. A bond is formed once the portrait is given a voice, and the viewer listens to its written and visual poetry congruently.

            Living in a world that does not have a wide and diverse representation of empowered women in art, I hope to contribute my artistic passions to inspire women and men all over the world. I wish to remind all people whenever they see my work, of how powerful feminine energy really is, and that we all have the strength to overcome every adversity. Empowerment is remembering and confidently expressing who we really are, and I hope that my work can inspire people to do that.