24 × 24 inches, Oil on canvas, Modern frame included, 2025.
With Lucy, I explore the fragile transition between childhood and the age when we begin to define ourselves. She exists in a blurred, suspended space, where we are still trying to understand what we will become. Her assertive, clear, and intentional gaze is the emotional center of the piece. Around it, the lines relax: the face retains a certain structure, but the rest dissolves into movement and abstraction, as if she refuses to be entirely defined.
The background lines are verdigris, the soft, changing shade that arises when copper and bronze age. This natural patina carries within it the passage of time: a living color, shaped by the seasons, which tells of the beauty of successive generations. It evokes the roofs of ancient churches, silent witnesses to the lives, loves, and stories that have piled up like invisible layers.
Born in the imaginary footsteps of Lucy Maud Montgomery, Lucy evokes the young red-haired girl, lively, too expressive and too intense for the world, but so free. A work about self-assertion, inner strength, and the birth of one's own identity.
This work is part of a trilogy with Anne and Maud, united by their orange background but each unique in its expression.
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.