Hilda: Plus-Size Pin-Up

I know that “body image”, “size acceptance” and “self-esteem for women” are not generally fun topics!
So one of the things I try to do with both my art & writing is to take a light-hearted look at things that can often be emotional and serious for many, many women. My

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Rubenesque

Work of Art

Look at yourself
through a painter’s eyes.
Look at yourself
through a sculptor’s hands.
Look at yourself
through a poet’s words.

You are an incredible woman!
from More to Love, © Elizabeth Patch, all rights reserved

This illustration & story comes from my experience as a high school art teacher.

Imagine a room full of teenage girls.
These

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Screaming Fat and Dreaming Fat

The “fear of fat” brings up 32,900 hits on a Google search I recently did. Skimming through the articles, I find that some deal with how the media is afraid to show “fat” models/ actresses,
etc because it won’t sell the fantasy that people expect (!), some are are personal

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The Goddess of Love

My “More to Love”cover girl, a goddess floating on a heart-shaped seashell , while roses drift about in the wind, is an homage to the amazing painting
The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli

She was one of my very first illustrations, before I decided she would be on the cover,

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