You Are What You Seek

“You Are What You Seek”
 on canvas
16 x 12 x 1.5 in

This original abstract painting is full of expressive, romantic brushstrokes. This painting was the first of the entire collection and got me excited about the gestural and ephemeral qualities of this piece. This painting may be on the smaller side, but has such a big, romantic feel to it. The bright orange-red compliments with pops of vibrant color, while the pink and dark brownish-black dance on the canvas together.

I would pair this painting with a glass of bubbly champagne and some beautiful piano music. 

"You Are What You Seek" is a reminder to love and accept yourself, and to learn to do so if you don't know how. I never learned how to love myself and spent a long time hating myself... now I realize the most important love we can ever have is our own. 

Here's the accompanying poem:

“She heard people say
'You have all the love you need…
It’s within you'

but she didn’t know
how”

This painting was featured in Laura Mitsu's debut solo exhibition "Poetic Abstraction" in April-May 2024 in San Francisco, CA.