After eighteen years without painting, the silence was broken during the stillness of lockdown. Out of the haze of depression and dark thoughts, this was the very first figure to appear. She emerged unbidden, neither imagined nor recalled — a woman of mystery whose presence demanded to be seen.
This work stands as both a return and a beginning: a spontaneous act of creation that reignited the artist’s voice in the most uncertain of times.After eighteen years without painting, the silence was broken during the stillness of lockdown. Out of the haze of depression and dark thoughts, this was the very first figure to appear. She emerged unbidden, neither imagined nor recalled — a woman of mystery whose presence demanded to be seen.
