These paintings were created over the past few years,
during a time of returning to myself
after a lifetime of being who I thought I was expected to be.
It has been a process of learning to trust myself again.
To learn to listen to myself.
To recognize what feels true and what no longer does.
What I choose to keep close
and what I no longer allow near me.
All of this lives within these artworks.
Created from a life
of listening inward.
Kaisa Daum