I’m Ellen Benfatti, a painter and author exploring the relationship between trauma, creativity, and the human capacity to transform. For years, I lived in survival mode. Art became the place where my nervous system learned to breathe again. Writing became the way I put language to experiences I once couldn’t speak.
My book, Memoirs of a Butterfly, shares that metamorphosis. My paintings reflect it.
Here I post shorts from my studio, my healing work, and the moments where creation and recovery meet.
Ellen Benfatti
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Ellen Benfatti
I rediscovered this today… This is me 11 years ago, speaking about color with a precision I didn’t even realize I had then. Watching it now, I can see just how much I’ve changed—inside and out. The healing journey I’ve been on has reshaped me in ways I never could have imagined.
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