Secret Keeper

120 x 60 cm 
Oil and cahrcoal on wood
 
Secrets are woven with the exact delicate nature of lace,
handed down from mother to daughter like precious garments.
Each fold of this skirt holds a memory, a longing embrace.
If I ever have a daughter, I will pass on this heritage of fabric.
For her to embroider a new narrative,
So, one day we may all be set free.
 
This painting is a portrait of my childhood best friend dressed in my mother's wedding skirt dancing in the woods where we ran wild as girls.