Some burdens can be seen. Others are carried quietly.
The Weight She Carries centres on a young girl walking barefoot through a landscape fractured by destruction, carrying containers of water in her hands.
Her figure emerged from layers of paint, collage, texture and fragmented marks. Around her, blue-greys, ochres and traces of buildings suggest a landscape altered by conflict, while the question-mark-like form rising behind her quietly asks what remains unanswered.
The water she carries has a physical weight, but the painting considers another kind of weight, what a child may be forced to carry when ordinary childhood is interrupted.
Her bare feet became an important detail as the work developed. Against the rubble and broken landscape, they speak quietly of vulnerability, endurance and the simple act of continuing forward.
The Weight She Carries is part of an emerging body of work reflecting on children whose childhood has been interrupted by circumstances they did not create.
Medium: Mixed media with collage, acrylic and oil on canvas
Dimensions: 60 × 60 cm
Year: 2026
Framed: Unframed
Some burdens can be seen. Others are carried quietly.
The Weight She Carries centres on a young girl walking barefoot through a landscape fractured by destruction, carrying containers of water in her hands.
Her figure emerged from layers of paint, collage, texture and fragmented marks. Around her, blue-greys, ochres and traces of buildings suggest a landscape altered by conflict, while the question-mark-like form rising behind her quietly asks what remains unanswered.
The water she carries has a physical weight, but the painting considers another kind of weight, what a child may be forced to carry when ordinary childhood is interrupted.
Her bare feet became an important detail as the work developed. Against the rubble and broken landscape, they speak quietly of vulnerability, endurance and the simple act of continuing forward.
The Weight She Carries is part of an emerging body of work reflecting on children whose childhood has been interrupted by circumstances they did not create.
Medium: Mixed media with collage, acrylic and oil on canvas
Dimensions: 60 × 60 cm
Year: 2026
Framed: Unframed
