How does color comfort us within our culture? This piece explores that question through the story of Esther. Many know her as as queen, but before that she was a young girl-removed from her people, her culture, and everything she knew.
Saturated pinks, oranges, and blues collide across the surface, reflecting the collision of cultures, identities, and worlds that Esther was forced to navigate. Sweeping black lines suggest both constraint and movement, and the structures that contained her and the path she ultimately carved through them.
At the edge of the piece, a small burst of gold interrupts the surrounding intensity. An homage to Vermeer’s “Girl With A Pearl Earring”, this detail can be read as courage, providence, or the moment when an individual recognizes the power they possess within circumstances they did not choose.
Esther // Girl With A Pearl Earring, 2026
36×24”
Acrylic on Paper
Unframed
How does color comfort us within our culture? This piece explores that question through the story of Esther. Many know her as as queen, but before that she was a young girl-removed from her people, her culture, and everything she knew.
Saturated pinks, oranges, and blues collide across the surface, reflecting the collision of cultures, identities, and worlds that Esther was forced to navigate. Sweeping black lines suggest both constraint and movement, and the structures that contained her and the path she ultimately carved through them.
At the edge of the piece, a small burst of gold interrupts the surrounding intensity. An homage to Vermeer’s “Girl With A Pearl Earring”, this detail can be read as courage, providence, or the moment when an individual recognizes the power they possess within circumstances they did not choose.
Esther // Girl With A Pearl Earring, 2026
36×24”
Acrylic on Paper
Unframed
