Oil on canvas, 16” x 20”

This painting is a portrait of memory, grief, and healing. The central figures are my parents, both of whom passed when I was young. Around them are fragments—faces, features, and symbols—representing people and places that shaped me: moments of love, loss, betrayal, and longing.

Some of the imagery is rooted in specific memories: a childhood nickname, a distant landscape I once called home, a road that winds through time and pain. Other elements are more ambiguous—eyes that watched, mouths that hurt, ears that listened when I needed them to. Each piece carries weight, even if its meaning isn’t fully visible to the outside world.

This painting brings together people who are gone, people who remain, and people who still echo in my thoughts. It’s a visual language for the emotional weight I carry—and an attempt to give form to something that’s often invisible.