Izzy is an artist who aims to empower women through her bright and colourful nude paintings. Having gone through her own struggles with disordered eating and body image, she is incredibly passionate about body confidence and self-love. It is this passion that led her to begin painting the female form during the lockdowns of 2020, with the aim of encouraging people to embrace their bodies and appreciate the skin they're in (finding art also massively helped her in her own journey too). Thus, 'Art by Izzy Canning' was born!

Izzy is also an actor and has performed in several musicals since graduating from Mountview Academy in 2019. She is incredibly passionate about changing the conversation around bodies within the performance industry, working to reduce eating disorders amongst performers and seeing more diversity in theatre.

We are talking about the pressure of being on stage and needing a certain body type to be successful as a singer and dancer, how she experienced an eating disorder within her sister and how social media influenced her view on her body. We also tap into the healing process of accepting your body through the process of painting yourself.

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Mentions in this episode
Megan Jayne Crabbe https://www.instagram.com/meganjaynecrabbe/
Sophie Tea  https://www.instagram.com/sophieteaart/
Canning bakes  https://www.instagram.com/canningbakes/
Briony Canning art  https://www.instagram.com/brionyaliciaart/

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Izzy Canning
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