A Big Healthy Girl

This is an unpublished painting for a new book I am working on. The theme of this book is “big girls” defying stereotypes.

A common stereotype is that all women with full figures eat nothing but junk food, and never touch fresh fruits or vegetables.

A quick snap judgement based on size:
she

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Priorities: What's at the top of your list?

Priorities

I use my time,

I spend my money,

I focus my energy

on more important things than diets.

excerpt from More to Love, © elizabeth patch, all rights reserved

We all need to take in account the limits of time,
money and energy.

No matter how much you try to cram into one day,
we all get the

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True Love Story

Love Story

Love knows all sizes.

from More to Love,
written and illustrated by Elizabeth Patch

Oh romance!

It is so much fun to get swept up in stories filled with
passion and drama, gowns and glamour,
star-crossed destiny and tragic desire…

Since childhood we’ve learned from fairy tales that the most beautiful Princess wins the heart

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Mixed Messages

© elizabeth patch, all rights reserved

Ladies!

Its time to panic about getting into all those revealing summer clothes!

Let’s Count Calories and/or Carbs and/or Points and/or Something!
Work on Those Abs!
Just 30 Minutes a Day!
Banish Cellulite!

And while you are at it:
Why Aren’t Your Children Perfect?
Your House is So Cluttered and

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Rich and Thin

Rich and Thin
So,
We’re not as thin as we’d like to be…
We’re not as rich either!

from More to Love,
© elizabeth patch, all rights reserved

“A woman can never be too rich or too thin”.
Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor

Is that so?

Maybe this famous line is just another cheeky witticism from a member

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Bathing Suit Season

Summer Pleasures

Swimming…

Riding a bike…

Picnics and hikes…

The backyard and the beach…

Swinging in a hammock full of daydreams…

No bikini required!

© Elizabeth Patch, all rights reserved, from “More to Love”

I was hopefully, happily unpacking a few Spring things this week.
Short-sleeve tops! Capris! Sandals! Light colors! Sun dresses!
And then I found my bathing

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A New Point of View

New Point of View

Its not my shape that needs to change.
Its how I see myself.

excerpt from More to Love, ©elizabeth patch

We all have doubts about our body.
We all find fault with our looks.

Inspecting our flaws in the mirror is an intensely hurtful behavior
that many of us do automatically, without thinking.

The

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Dream On

Dream On

I never let my size

determine the shape of my dreams!

© excerpt from “More to Love“

Go get a piece of paper.

Make a list of every single thing that you wanted to be when you grew up.

( Yes, even rockstar! )

Get another piece of paper.

Make a list of every single thing

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Curves in all the Right Places

Perfection
The Curve of my hip is just right
for resting a child in my arms.

©Elizabeth Patch, excerpt from More to Love

We have the bodies of women, whether we give birth or not.
And isn’t that a wonderful thing?

Fat Jeans, Skinny Jeans

Silly Question illustration from "More to Love"

Silly Question
Should I really hate myself
because of the size of my jeans?

© excerpt from “More to Love“

Many deep questions may haunt you in the middle of the night:

What is the meaning of life?
Who is my soul mate?
What happens when

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