"Embracing the Late Bloom: How to Achieve Your Dreams on Your Own Timeline"

Looking back on our journey always shows us how beautiful everything unfold at the right moment

One of my favorite subject to paint are wild flowers and resting animals. I think that comes from when I was a child, I adored spending time in meadows, I used to just lay down on the grass and look up at the blue sky, watching the clouds move away...

Wildflowers all around me dancing in the wind...I was daydreaming of adventures and everything I dreamt to do when I will be a grown up.

Growing up...

I envied the life of the wild animals, birds, foxes and even the crickets... there were all free to roam and sleep, rest when they wanted. I just marveled upon the beauty of the wild and it stayed with me ever since.

My life took a different path than I had envisioned; I started to believe that I was not good enough. This belief lingered in my heart for a long time. During my high school years, I hoped to attend an art school, but financial constraints made that dream unattainable as well.

Resilience...

What occurred is that I discovered a way to remain creative and pursue my passion. This led me to teach myself photography, edit photos using Photoshop, and design websites...

I believe that by keeping your inner flame alive and trusting in yourself, it will eventually become possible. It just takes longer for some than for others.

Honestly, it was difficult watching the students attend art school, knowing I would never be one of them.

But at the same time, adapting myself like a wild animal does in nature, learning on my own, it taught me so much more about myself. I believe it was meant to be and it made me who I am today.

Imagine, when you do not go to school, you get to learn things more intuitively, you get to develop so much on your own, you are creating yourself fully and becoming the most genuine version of yourself.

I truly believe today it was the best path to follow.

I became a painter at age 38, and I started to paint what I found beautiful and most of all my own truth, version of the world. I started to fully believe in myself and trust each brushstrokes. I found myself at peace and in tune with my self. And this has no price, no matter how old or young you are.

Late Bloom is one of the painting I created that really expresses this feeling of becoming and blossoming at your own pace. It represents a wild flower bouquet so vibrant and alive next to an adorable fox resting with a bunny.

This oil painting is a mixed medias art that contains French poetry, a beautiful textures and vibrant colors. It will illuminate and inspire you daily.

Original SOLD, canvas prints available here

Late Bloom, mixed media oils on linen canvas

Thank you for reading

Naïma

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