Self-Love
Brenda Leach Brenda Leach

Self-Love

Here’s a reminder about how nice it is to Be our Own Valentine!
A bodypainting project in honor of the deep power of self-love.
Here’s more about the inspiration, collaboration and our thoughts…

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Mastectomy Garden
Brenda Leach Brenda Leach

Mastectomy Garden

“Bodies can be beautiful this way too” is what Julia wants other women facing breast cancer to know! This art is full of symbolism, created after her double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. She has made big personal changes, and now says “cancer saved my life.”

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Body-Positive Therapeutic Workshops
Brenda Leach Brenda Leach

Body-Positive Therapeutic Workshops

A body-positivity therapy workshop, with bodypainting to deepen the personal work! A collaboration with Lauren Reppy, an MFT specializing in body acceptance work, we did this weekend workshop where the participants’ own journaling informed what I painted on them. My favorite part was when each person stepped out to show off their art to each other, and they each glowed!

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Pre-Mastectomy Cancer Warrior
Brenda Leach Brenda Leach

Pre-Mastectomy Cancer Warrior

This mastectomy project started as a “tribute to her breasts,” as I understood it, when this client was surprised to learn she had breast cancer and would need surgery very soon. It grew to be a deeper project…

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This Fall’s Artwork
Brenda Leach Brenda Leach

This Fall’s Artwork

Some of my art projects from this Fall! Intense costumes, playful people, pumpkins, Day of the Dead, painted boots, plus a gift experience idea.

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