Christine Mercer-Vernon is a fine artist who has moved from painting flowers to painting people. Specifically, painting women. Mercer-Vernon started participating in an art therapy class with women and young girls who struggled with eating disorders. The experiences caused her to re-evaluate what she was painting and why.

"As she worked with the patients, her work started to change. It began to focus on body language and the human form  character instead of beauty. The York artist started painting portraits of women to show what people look like and how they feel."

One of her paintings, titled "Aware", depicts a curvy woman as though she's being looked at from behind. The painting was recently purchased by a woman who said she "got it" and that she herself feels that aware of her body when she knows someone is looking at her from behind. Read more at EveningSun.com.

Labels: body image, recovery, support

Posted By: Aspen Education Group