Artist Decoded by Yoshino

Growth, Vulnerability, and New Horizons with Elly Smallwood | AD 247


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Elly Smallwood is a figurative and portrait artist living in Canada. She works primarily in acrylics and oils.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

  • Elly moving from Ottawa to the woods
  • The energetic differences she notices between living in a city versus being in the woods
  • Modern-day false prophets and gurus
  • The power of questioning dogmatic principles
  • Art capitalism
  • Trying to seek balance in the need to live a peaceful life, while simultaneously wanting to seek progression in one's career
  • Elly's experiences working with galleries
  • Growth through vulnerability
  • Her perspective of creating portraits of other people in contrast to creating portraits of herself
  • Model vs. muse
  • Elly's bone collection
  • Tarot and its influence on Elly's artwork
  • The Hermit and The Tower in the Major Arcana in Tarot
  • Elly training Muay Thai
  • Working through uncomfortable experiences

Artists / People Mentioned:

  • Nina Menkes (Film Director)

Books Mentioned:

  • The Richest Man In Babylon (George Samuel Clason)
  • The Kybalion (Three Initiates)
  • The Vegetarian (Han Kang)

Films / TV Series Mentioned:

  • Wild Wild Country
  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  • Brainwashed: Sex, Camera, Power

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