{"product_id":"light-and-shadow-both-canvases-100-x-70","title":"Light and shadow, both canvases – Original Paintings, 100 x 70 cm","description":"\u003cp\u003eMixed media on canvas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLight and Shadow\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a journey into the most honest parts of ourselves—the parts we often hide, avoid, or deny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis piece was born at a time when I became aware of my own shadows. Not as flaws to fix, but as essential parts of my story. As Freud once said,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e“We do not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn creating this work, I realized that the light I had been seeking wasn’t somewhere out there—it was on the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eother side of my fears\u003c\/strong\u003e, wounds, and resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe contrast in this painting is intentional. The textures, layered and raw, mirror the emotional landscape of transformation. Dark tones are not there to oppress, but to ground. The brighter strokes do not erase the shadows—they\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eemerge from them\u003c\/strong\u003e, shaped by them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause real light doesn’t ignore the dark.\u003cbr\u003eIt acknowledges it. It holds it. It integrates it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLight and Shadow\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis about choosing wholeness over perfection.\u003cbr\u003eIt’s about letting your cracks be part of your beauty.\u003cbr\u003eIt’s about courage—the courage to sit with discomfort long enough to hear what it has to teach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis painting invites you to stop fighting with your darkness.\u003cbr\u003eTo see it, understand it, and maybe even thank it.\u003cbr\u003eBecause in those silent places where we often feel most lost…\u003cbr\u003e🌒 …there is the beginning of becoming whole.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ma boutique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55653918015868,"sku":null,"price":1900.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0905\/1901\/1708\/files\/9fe30db0-7d18-11f0-99ac-fde2a41734f2.webp?v=1764493614","url":"https:\/\/dorotheerodriguezvelar.com\/en-fr\/products\/light-and-shadow-both-canvases-100-x-70","provider":"Dorothée Rodriguez Velar Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}