24 x 36 inches, Oil on canvas, Antique frame included, 2025.
Sutton is a tender and visceral ode to the deep love we sometimes feel for an animal. The young woman embraces her white horse with the devotion of a cowgirl at heart, faithful to her wild roots. The pastel pink background, streaked with butter-yellow lines, evokes childhood, play, and hours spent dreaming of horses in a bedroom with walls covered in posters. The softness of the colors does not detract from the power of the bond depicted: it is pure, eternal, indomitable.
In Sutton, the background lines are markers of memories: they evoke the passions that shaped the soul from an early age. Here, the animal is much more than a companion: it is the mirror of a part of oneself that one refuses to abandon as one grows up. The white horse symbolizes loyalty, freedom, and the impulses of childhood that one chooses to honor rather than bury.
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.