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Elizabeth Mitchell Trujillo

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"Lesley in her garden" has been accepted for the Tom Cotes Portrait prize opening tonight at 6pm at the BDAS Gallery, 1 Short Street, Bowral. by @etese1

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On my lovely art deco style table. In Leonard Smith's woodfired pot. A naturally artistic branch of magnolia. Fills me with such joy. ❤️❤️‍🩹❤️ by @etese1

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A wonderful example of how art can heal and help process. My adopted mama is an artist, ceramicist and potter. She’s been making an drawing these “girls” for as long as I’ve known her. Each year on special occasions, I get to select one. This year, on my 44th birthday, she gifted me this beauty. She’s beautiful. Her body is like mine. This year I was diagnosed with an another genetic connective tissue disorder called lipedema. It means my body looks different to others. The girl is bald. I also have alopecia, that means my hair looks different to others and sometimes I dont have much hair. She’s looking down. I’m autistic, and I dislike eye contact. She has a bird on her shoulder. My totem is a Garru (a magpie) and I have an attachment to them that is deeply important. She is fragile. Clay is easily breakable and it cracks easily, yet it’s derived from the earth itself and when fired withstands immense heat and pressure. It is transformed by that process. It is a dialect.
I don’t see myself ever reflected in media. I don’t see myself in the world. But I see myself in these creations born from a beautiful creative mind. Art is a powerful tool for identity. It can show us all the amazing and beautiful things about ourselves that the world deems ugly or broken or wrong. Through viewing the external image, we can step back and see its beauty. When that beauty is reflected, it can be processed internally.
I’m grateful for mama Elizabeth’s hands, who craft these representations of so many bodies so beautifully and of course, for the 25 years she has been in my life, to help shape who I am. Big love to her and my big sister for coming to visit me today, letting me be who I am and celebrating my 44th rotation around the sun - none of us ever thought I’d get here.
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2 x acrylic 35 x 35 from 12 years ago. Still really happy with these. by @etese1

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Finished for now.... by @etese1

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Luis Miguel Trujillo. Born 10.11.1970 died 01.06.2022. Four years, still can't believe it. ❤️‍🩹 by @etese1

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Work in progress. Much more to come. by @etese1

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Thinking and planning. My neice Lesley in the garden. by @etese1

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Thus was in the 80s. And now I'm 80?!?! by @etese1

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Digital photographic collage, printed in archival inks on 300gsm rag paper, drawn over with ink pencils. Murray River Rockface Series. by @etese1

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