30 × 40 inches, Oil on canvas, Modern frame included, 2025.
With Maud, 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, small and numerous, are a pale blue that echoes the color of her eyes and evokes the forget-me-not flower. A historical symbol of true love, fidelity, and memory, this perennial flower recalls the enduring beauty of that which resists the seasons.
Born in the imaginary footsteps of Lucy Maud Montgomery, Maud 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 Lucy, 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.