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The End is a Woman (after the Woman of the Apocalypse)
To protect my child,
I would battle dragons.
26 × 32 in | Oil on wood | 2026 | Includes framing
For centuries, the Woman of the Apocalypse has been imagined as a vision: crowned with stars, clothed in sun, pursued by a dragon.
More omen than woman.
In this portrait, she returns to earth.
No crown, no spectacle. Only a steady face beneath a veil scattered with soft pearls, quiet echoes of the constellations she once wore.
I chose to paint her as a Black woman with intention and reverence. To honour Black women is to honour the first mothers of humanity and the lineages from which we all descend.
Here she stands not as prophecy alone, but as presence. Softness woven with strength. A quiet force capable of shaping futures.
She is not the end of the world.
She is the beginning of another one.
To protect my child,
I would battle dragons.
26 × 32 in | Oil on wood | 2026 | Includes framing
For centuries, the Woman of the Apocalypse has been imagined as a vision: crowned with stars, clothed in sun, pursued by a dragon.
More omen than woman.
In this portrait, she returns to earth.
No crown, no spectacle. Only a steady face beneath a veil scattered with soft pearls, quiet echoes of the constellations she once wore.
I chose to paint her as a Black woman with intention and reverence. To honour Black women is to honour the first mothers of humanity and the lineages from which we all descend.
Here she stands not as prophecy alone, but as presence. Softness woven with strength. A quiet force capable of shaping futures.
She is not the end of the world.
She is the beginning of another one.
About the Divine Outcast collection
Divine Outcast is a series of feminist portraits reimagining women from mythology, religion, and art history whose stories were distorted by fear, shame, or misunderstanding. Each painting restores their voice, presenting them not as symbols or warnings, but as powerful women reclaiming their own narratives.