A Family Portrait 2023 20 by 16 inch Tissue paper,, acrylic, paint on canvas
Before the Storm We gather in the garden, June light pressing on skin— too warm, too loud, too much. Faces arranged like furniture. I hold my breath for the click. A photo, they say. Smile. Stay still. The moment is meant to be perfect. But inside, I’m counting clouds. The shutter snaps. A frozen version of us— tidy, smiling, together. No one sees the static building behind my eyes. The wind shifts. The sky thickens. I feel the storm before it arrives. Not outside—inside. And no one else hears it.
Red Door 2023 16 by 20 inch Tissue paper,, acrylic, paint on canvas
Behind the Red Door Echoes sting— not just sound, but feeling. A child flinches at the pitch, the volume, the chaos behind the red door where silence used to live. Voices crash like thunder, too fast to follow, too loud to escape. Words blur into vibration, behind the red door where safety should be. A plate breaks. The sound slices through skin. Doors slam— the world shakes. Behind the red door where stillness hides. A child by the window, not speaking, just sensing. Reaching out in quiet ways no one sees. Behind the red door where secrets hum and the body remembers.
Mother and Child 2023 16 by 20 inch Tissue paper,, acrylic, paint on canvas
Mother and Child Mother and child at the window— watching the world blur past. Too loud. Too fast. They hope for quiet, for change that doesn’t hurt. Stillness is sacred. A soft moment, where breath returns.
This House 2023 16 by 20 inch Tissue paper,, acrylic, paint on canvas
In this house, chaos reigns, But outside things are great With summer's colours in full display, We'll play until dusk's light gives way. Then indoors we go Where chaos resumes its chase.
Factories Burning, 2023 16 by 20 inch Tissue paper,, acrylic, paint on canvas
Outside the Gates Factories burning, the air feels tight. Buzzing lights, too sharp, too bright. People shifting, faces blur. Too many voices
Three Little Figures 2023 20 by 16 inch Tissue paper,, acrylic, paint on canvas
Window Above City sounds roar, too loud to hear. Three small figures watch in fear. High above, behind the glass, they feel the world but let it pass.
Red Helmet 2023 20 by 16in Tissue paper,, acrylic, paint on canvas
The child remembers a loud voice, a big man, a scary room. Tiny feet, cold floor, nowhere to hide. The soldier stands tall, helmet red, arms wide— trying to block the fear that still sneaks in. The artist watches, quiet and still, drawing pictures from long ago. She hides behind the name “Big Daddy,” but her hands tell the truth in colour and sound.
