20 x 24 inches, oil on canvas, antique frame included, 2025.
Alma stands with the quiet strength of a fire behind glass—restrained, confident, impossible to ignore. Her warm palette (terracotta, blush, sea green) evokes softness, but she uses it as camouflage. This is not a portrait made to please, but to intrigue. Her assertive gaze pierces through appearances and reveals a woman who knows, but does not say. The green background, visible in places, testifies to its assumed incompleteness. Alma embodies this truth: one can be beautiful, strong, and still in the process of building oneself. A work that exposes without exhibiting, that moves without yielding.
Painted on a green underpainting, Alma is deliberately “unfinished.” The background persists, asserting itself, as if to emphasize that beauty can also be found in the unfinished. It is a nod to Renaissance portraits—but here, the figure breaks free from the myth of perfection. Alma is a work about authenticity, about the idea that we are all in transformation, always in the process of becoming. An ode to women who embrace their inner chaos without trying to hide it.
About the collection — My Memory Garden
My Memory Garden is a collection of works inspired by childhood memories, maternal heritage, and tender moments engraved in the heart. Each portrait, framed in a vintage style, celebrates imperfect, free, and deeply human women. The repeated lines in the background evoke memory, mortality, and the traces left by those who came before us.