This figure stands in her own authority.

Elongated, exposed, and unarmoured, she does not shrink or perform. The body carries history, not only hers but a lineage of people who have remained upright before her. The gaze is steady, unflinching.

There is no spectacle here. No defence. No apology.

Only presence.

This work explores the quiet threshold where a person stops negotiating with what diminishes them and simply stands, intact and fully here.

This work sits within a wider body of art exploring similar themes.