Shades of Sadness

This series of female portraits is a deeply personal projection a visual reflection of the emotional weight carried through the years of war.

Each face channels a response to daily news, to the destruction of homes, schools, hospitals, museums to the loss of life and of peace.

It is a study of self through sadness:
How long will this grief move me to paint?
How long will the need to release it live in my body?
How much sorrow can be held and transformed through image?