Girl with a Skate
When She is questioned, “Why don’t you take it off? Isn’t it uncomfortable?” she complies, only to be met with new constraints: “There’s nowhere else for it to go; could you keep it on just a little longer?”
This cycle speaks to the ways society often empathizes without offering relief, acknowledging pain yet failing to shoulder it.
Over time, the object—symbolic of unspoken societal pressures—becomes part of her, transforming from an imposed oddity to a familiar ache.
This work presents an arresting metaphor for endurance, urging viewers to question the silent burdens we expect others to bear and challenging us to examine our own roles in perpetuating these silent demands.
This acrylic painting is 14 x 18 inches and comes framed in a canvas floater frame.
Painted using fluorescent acrylic paint and completed with varnish to protect the painting.
When She is questioned, “Why don’t you take it off? Isn’t it uncomfortable?” she complies, only to be met with new constraints: “There’s nowhere else for it to go; could you keep it on just a little longer?”
This cycle speaks to the ways society often empathizes without offering relief, acknowledging pain yet failing to shoulder it.
Over time, the object—symbolic of unspoken societal pressures—becomes part of her, transforming from an imposed oddity to a familiar ache.
This work presents an arresting metaphor for endurance, urging viewers to question the silent burdens we expect others to bear and challenging us to examine our own roles in perpetuating these silent demands.
This acrylic painting is 14 x 18 inches and comes framed in a canvas floater frame.
Painted using fluorescent acrylic paint and completed with varnish to protect the painting.
When She is questioned, “Why don’t you take it off? Isn’t it uncomfortable?” she complies, only to be met with new constraints: “There’s nowhere else for it to go; could you keep it on just a little longer?”
This cycle speaks to the ways society often empathizes without offering relief, acknowledging pain yet failing to shoulder it.
Over time, the object—symbolic of unspoken societal pressures—becomes part of her, transforming from an imposed oddity to a familiar ache.
This work presents an arresting metaphor for endurance, urging viewers to question the silent burdens we expect others to bear and challenging us to examine our own roles in perpetuating these silent demands.
This acrylic painting is 14 x 18 inches and comes framed in a canvas floater frame.
Painted using fluorescent acrylic paint and completed with varnish to protect the painting.