artist profile

Elaf Selim
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Oil & Mixed Media

My art is a sanctuary; a place where peace, rest, and beauty quietly unfold. I am drawn to tender, quiet moments filled with light and softness, and these are the feelings I seek to hold gently within each of my paintings.

Art has always been my language of joy. Creativity has been the thread guiding me home to myself. I paint women as luminous, intuitive beings, softly embodied, deeply connected to nature, and surrounded by gardens, and dreamlike symbols that form visual poems of tenderness and vulnerability. I also love painting resting cats and flying birds.

I use oil paint and mixed media and I love experimenting with new material. In my home studio, surrounded by my gardens, I paint with a single intention: to offer a resting place. My work is meant to feel like a moment of peace in a fast-moving world; something to return to, to lean into, to feel held by.

Website
https://www.elafselim.com/
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