Tag: vulnerability in art

Nena Lang creates paintings that feel less like images and more like emotional presence. Built through layers scraped, pressed, and reworked with knives and rigid rulers, her works give form to what cannot be spoken moments when holding everything inside becomes impossible and painting becomes the only way forward.

Rooted in the body and shaped by constant movement between cultures, Helena Barbagelata’s work resists categorisation. Her images don’t offer answers, they confront the viewer with presence, vulnerability, and the cost of never landing.

Taylor Katzman paints what lives between guilt and forgiveness. Through expressive faces and bold acrylics, her work holds emotional tension without resolving it, creating space for viewers to bring their own unfinished stories.

Have you ever hovered over the “publish” button, heart racing, palms sweating, only to slam your laptop shut instead? That awful moment where your work suddenly looks like messy scribbles instead of something worth sharing? You’re not alone. Studies say nearly 70% of creatives feel like imposters at some point, and when it comes to posting portfolios online, that number might as well be everyone. Unlike sketchbooks tucked in drawers, portfolios sit out in the open where anyone can scroll, judge, and comment. No wonder it feels terrifying. What makes it…