The Beginning to healing

The Beginning to Healing — Original 11x14 Acrylic Painting (2023)

An intimate portrait that marks the first step in a new series and a turning point in recovery. Created in 2023 after leaving an abusive marriage, “The Beginning to Healing” uses soft, tender mark-making to gently re-enter portraiture despite the artist’s face blindness, transforming uncertainty into compassion.

Highlights:
- Original artwork (not a print)
- Medium: Acrylic on canvas/panel
- Size: 11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
- Year: 2023 
- Series: First work in the ongoing portrait series

Brief art discussion:
This painting reflects renewal, self-trust, and the slow re-mapping of identity. The softened edges and quiet palette invite safety, allowing features to emerge without force, an approach shaped by prosopagnosia (face blindness). By privileging feeling over exact likeness, the work turns portraiture into a practice of care: healing through gentle attention, reclaiming gaze and voice, and honoring resilience without erasing vulnerability.

Care & shipping:
- Ships securely boxed and insured
- Dust with a soft, dry cloth; avoid direct sunlight and moisture

One of one. A meaningful cornerstone for collectors who value narrative, tenderness, and the courage of beginning again.