Coronation of Solitude

Original Mixed Media on Archival Paper
18 x 24 in
2026

THE ARTIST'S VISION

"She emerged from the steam not cleansed, but baptized in a heavier truth.

The white linen wrapped about her head was no longer a simple cloth; it was a crown of domestic exile, worn with the heavy, distracted grace of a queen who has lost her country but kept her pride. She looked away from the mirror, refusing to meet her own eyes, fixing her gaze instead on the cold, indifferent light spilling in from the window. The delicate strap on her shoulder held the weight of a gown that felt less like silk and more like a shroud for the woman she was yesterday."