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Validation – Kapatsolos Michaela

Validation

by Kapatsolos Michaela

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📦 1 in stock

Size: 30x40 oil on canvas

$500
“Validation” explores the tension between the desire to be seen and the power to see oneself. The hands, suspended between offering and asking, become symbols of an invisible pact — with others, with the self, with the divine. The gold, applied selectively, suggests that recognition is never fully granted from the outside, but quietly earned within. The painting does not offer an answer — it asks: what part of you is truly seeking to be validated?”
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About the Artist

I am a visual artist exploring the unspoken layers of human emotion through symbolic composition and textured silence. My work reflects fragments of memory, inner transformation, and spiritual archetypes - often emerging from moments of stillness or rupture. Each piece I create is a visual ritual, inviting the viewer to pause, to feel, and to interpret their own reflection. Rooted in intuition and guided by a fascination with ancient wisdom, my art seeks not just to be seen, but to be sensed. This is not decoration - it is a conversation between soul, symbol, and the unseen.

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