dear, light chaser…

I HOPE YOU FIND COMFORT HERE.

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About my art

CREATING TO COMFORT.

After losing both my hearing, body function and level of vision in 2020, art became a part of my physical recovery. I started with tracing things digitally, at the time I couldn’t even hold a pen and sign my name properly. Over time I transferred to sketches, then charcoal and slowly paints, every new medium comes with new challenges. Mostly I create from bed or in short sessions. My experiences have slowly shown up in my art, from the contrast I use, the light effects I’m obsessed with, the softness and slight blur of things. Art is slowly giving me a way to show people the way I now see the world and explain things I don’t always have the words for.

MY portfolio

meet ElinaIsabella

Hiya, i’m SO glad YOU’RE HERE

Your resident constantly confused Deafie, with a love for capturing the softness of life admist the harshness.

JustSoElina has always been a hub for creative outlet, what started as a YouTube channel, branched into a blog after I became bedbound at 14. I went from hiding my illness completely to sharing my journey getting a diagnosis of Ehlers Danlos Sydrome. Getting involved in online advocacy and talking about the dismissal of young people with chronic illness and hearing loss in the medical system and community. And working in co design as a health consumer representative.

Studying Art from home and developing “Soft Moments” a series aimed to capture the soft moments amongst the harshness of life with illness and disability. I paint so young people with illness and disabilities grow up seeing themselves as something beautiful and worthy of art.

My hope is for my art to be a bridge for loved ones of those navigating a world they may not understand, to show they see their strength and what they are going through.
Creativity holds no bounds, thus here is a collection of my crazy. I hope you stick around and find some comfort in it.