Held at the Center

"She holds the sun in her hands and nobody even notices."
- Nat Berhe

A woman in a red dress and black sunglasses stands before a grey field, her face fragmented with pink, coral, and yellow paint that bleeds beyond her form. At her sternum she holds something luminous, a yellow and orange burst, a flower or a flame, as if she is the keeper of something the rest of the world has forgotten. The painting vibrates with quiet intensity, the portrait of a woman who contains multitudes and releases none of them.

Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 36" x 36"