Self portrait embroidery

Since a strong allergy to synthetic preservatives kept me out of painting, I focused on embroidery and weaving, along with colored pencils. This self portrait embroidery depicts my love for painting spaces from many countries, inspired by landscapes of France in the background and my garden in the USA with orange lilies and dahlias. Painting is often used to record an event, but there are stronger possibilities in mapping the world and our internal landmarks.