Aro, which one is your favorite artwork?

“I cried while creating them. And I also cried when they left. Some works are not meant to stay. They are meant to liberate. To transform.”

There are paintings we create with our hearts. Others, with our guts. And sometimes, we lay pieces of our own story on canvas, without really knowing where it will lead us.

It is these works, those that move us rather than those that we control, that remain engraved in our memory as artists.

Today I'm answering a question I'm often asked:

“Aro, which one is your favorite artwork?”

And every time, I smile. Because I know I'll never be able to name just one. Because they're not "best," but they moved me. Shake me up. And most importantly... they freed something inside me.

So here are 3 of my favorite works from my career – those that made me cry while creating them, those that I almost kept to myself, but that I agreed to let go (the first one is still available!!!)

1. The Fire in Me – Reflection Collection

“I am a being of energy, propelled by my wildest dreams.”

This painting is a statement. A taking of power. I was at a point in my life where I had finally stopped doubting, where I was finally able to say: I deserve to live fully . It is a work full of strength, flamboyance, and passionate red.

While painting it, I felt this sacred fire that has always lived within me, but which I had too often contained.

It is available at Un Fauteuil pour Deux in Quebec.

2. The Warrior in the Arena – Reflection Collection

“I stand up, I take responsibility and I move forward.”

This is a work about courage. About those moments when life knocks us down and we choose, again and again, to get back up. I cried while creating this painting.

Because it brought me back to all those times I fought, bit the dust, but held on.

Because I felt that I was paying homage to who I was, to the one who never left the arena.

And when a collector adopted it for her office, she told me, “I needed to remind myself that I’m a warrior, too.”

That day, I knew the work had found its mission.

3. I am a flower – ParÊtre Collection

“I was born different, but that’s my beauty.”

This work… it's perhaps the sweetest, but also the most vulnerable. In painting it, I reconnected with that little girl inside me who was looking for her place, who wanted to be loved for who she is, not for what she accomplishes.

It's an ode to light, to difference, to love. She soothed me. And when she left, I felt a void... but also an immense peace. Because I knew she was going to color someone else's life. And it was perfect like that.

✨ Three canvases. Three parts of me. Three transformations.

These works moved me… and they revealed me to myself.

Have you ever wanted to keep something just for yourself… but your heart knew to let it go?

I invite you to share your story with me in the comments or write to me. I love reading your stories, your emotions, your mirrors.

See you soon,

Caroline 🌻 aka ARO