Power confronts the viewer with an intense, unflinching portrait in which authority is expressed through psychological force rather than dominance. The stark gaze and compressed facial features suggest control held under strain, reinforced by Simone’s aggressive layering and charged color contrasts. The crown hovers as a stark emblem, asserting presence while simultaneously exposing vulnerability beneath it. In this work, power emerges as something internal, unstable, and deeply human rather than absolute.


