Love Yourself I-II episode - Purple (2018) Original Acrylic Painting by Maria Seltsova

A large-scale work from the Love Yourself series, this painting explores the connection between self-love, sensuality, and spiritual awakening. Dominated by shades of purple, the composition is inspired by the Crown Chakra, the energy center associated with consciousness, intuition, and connection to something greater than oneself.

Created through an intuitive and expressive process involving a self-pleasure device as a mark-making tool, the work transforms a deeply personal act into a meditation on self-discovery and transcendence. Layered gestures and flowing forms evoke the movement of life force, dissolving boundaries between body, mind, and spirit.

The painting invites viewers to embrace vulnerability, trust their inner wisdom, and recognize the transformative potential of self-acceptance. A bold work of abstract expressionism that merges spiritual symbolism, sensuality, and contemporary sexual art into a powerful visual statement.

Materials used:

Acrylics and performative act

Details:

• Acrylic painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 150 x 150cm (unframed) / 150 x 150cm (actual image size)
• Signed on the back
• Style: Expressive and gestural
• Subject: Abstract and non-figurative