The Literal Art of Becoming Whole with Ellie Rose

The Literal Art of Becoming Whole with Ellie Rose

‘I hope they see passion, hope, love, courage and compassion. I hope to move the world’s perspective on the healing journey of life.’

– Your works seem to blend a few different designs into one. Why is this a familiar art style for you?
I believe that I paint from where I’m at. I’m a very spiritual enlightened person, which I continue to advance. I feel that I am a mutli-dimensional person and spirit. I have a way of expressing where I’m at on a spiritual path. I feel being a mutli-dimensional person, I draw from many places that I have experienced or am experiencing. I’m not just one kind of artist with one style. My art is a representation of my soul’s experience. I’m on a healing journey so my art expresses this. The heart is the centre is my focus which represents my soul. I have faced many challenges in my life, self betrayal, betrayal, torment, injustice, family disowning me, rape, sexual assault, and might I add this started at a very young age for me.

My heart in the centre of the picture is healing and elevating to higher spiritual realms. The different styles blend representing my multi facets of my life and the spiritual work I am doing on myself. I think, feel and see many things at one time. Art, I think, tells a story and in hopes moves something inside the viewer. It’s a dive into my world, so to speak. I love and see the whole colour spectrum so I love every colour.

This world is not one way, so to speak. In the Spiritual world, I have had an awakening to many facets of healing in this journey. There is a lock and key within the picture symbolising my heart and soul. The key to unlock one’s soul journey is through the heart. Lines represent the many levels of spirituality. Life is not a straight line of healing, it’s a spiral and we go through many levels in this life time when we awaken spiritually.

The star represents me, who I am. My Soul and energy shines bright. I am the focus of my life in terms of healing, so the picture is focused on the star and heart. The rainbow of colors respects the Chakras of the soul. Seven colours. One’s life journey is a spiral inward to heal.

Oh and the clouds, I love drawing and designing clouds. They represent the dream-like side of me and spiritual realm. They move and are ever changing. Like me and my evolution.

I have healed many wounds through painting, drawing and colouring. Self expression. I have been alone most of my life, diving deep in to my spiritual journey at 30 years old. I’m 40 now. And art is part of my soul’s calling to share with the world in a different way to heal one’s soul. I’m sharing my life with the world in a way to show how I evolved and the progress I’m going through.

Side note I’ve always wanted to be an Art Therapist. The expression of art is definitely closely tied to psychological things going on in the mind. I have a Degree in Psychology as well. So to incorporate both would be awesome.

I chose the many different patterns to represent the multi facet sides of who I am and what I’m going through. Life is a blank canvas just waiting but calling one to express their inner most feeling and experiences. My art, I believe, is one of a kind.

Any art work you look at tells a story. Look long enough and my internal emotions can be moved my almost any art piece. I love my style and it continuously develops as I dive deeper into my conscious and subconscious mind and spirit.

I believe my art tells of a spiritual story of pain, heartache, lessons, growth, elevation, evolution and hope.

– In what ways have you tried to connect psychologically with your art, and in turn, with the people who experience your art?

Well psychology has been used for alot of things. The colour you pick, like if it’s a really dark colour, black or red. I feel that is a heavy energy. And light colours like yellow are about fulfilment and good news and inspirational . Up lifting.
All I’m saying is there is a reason you pick certain colours. And the placement of the color in that art tells me about how I truly feel.

Art is an expression of what is on the mind and thoughts. Awhile back, let’s say 5 to 10 years back, my art was really dark with colours. I was in a very dark place me at that time and I expressed my sorrow and hope through art, colour and placement. I would live to sit in front of art and wonder what that artist is going through or have gone through.

– What do you hope people will take away from the experience of viewing your art?

That healing is possible. That the way to heal is not outward but inward to one’s soul. I hope they feel hope, actually

Hope is a huge thing I would love people to see within my pictures. I also would love people to dive in and have wonder and curiosity. Curiosity for the development and curiosity for the story hidden within the canvas.. all my painting have a message of hope, endurance, love, God or divine source, I like to say.

Resilience for not giving up and working through mental conflicts. There’s always a story. The picture we met over was about healing my old wounds and scares and finally loving myself and how I soar through the challenges with divine guidance. The black and white checkered heart is me. The rest of the stars are my divine guidance flowing and guiding me. The strike in the heart is an old wound healing about developing a deeper sense of self love… the wound is healing and the heart is soaring up into the heavens. There’s a lock and key within the picture symboling finding and answer to all my problems and that answer is LOVE.

For everything I do, I look through with the lens of love. Something is either one of two things: lack of love ( anger, hate, jealousy) or more love is needed which always brings me back to my heart center. I hope people see my healing and all I use is a loving perspective. When I’m shown hate, I send love. When people mishandled my heart, I know they need the love just as much as I do. If you get the chance to look at my other art, there’s a story within each one.

I hope people view my art with compassion and enlightenment, which is my life’s goal. To achieve enlightenment. I hope people see a tender heart that didn’t give up through the trails and tribulations of my walk in life. I feel my art is not quite like anyone else’s. I hope they see passion, hope, love, courage and compassion. I hope to move the world’s perspective on the healing journey of life. It is possible to arise from the darkest shadows we face in everyday life. We must hope in the divine source as guidance.

– and to round us off, where is it that you hope this will end? When the light turns off, what would you love to leave behind for other artists, for yourself?

Very interesting question. I hope it doesn’t end. I hope to one day teach what I have learned with art and psychology. It’s a process of finding myself and my struggle through some of my darkest times. I haven’t really thought it would end. I see it continuing on generation to generation. I see my 2 children being able to express themselves in unique way through art. I want to leave behind a revolution. That Love is the revolution. Love is even spelled within the word Revolution. I hope other artists don’t give up on their skill and craft because you never know that you might be an original. Expressing through art has help me navigate my healing in a tangible way. I can see it on paper. I hope my art moves people emotionally.

Oh my dream is like every artist I think… to be recognised before they die. I hoping to be able to sell my art work. I hope to leave something that will take care of my children. They are the future.

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