2025 - 18" x 24" oil on canvas, custom framed in Lindwood,

Luzia stands as a tribute to resilience, legacy, and luminous strength. Her face, rendered with delicate precision, contrasts with the expressive brushstrokes of her body - a visual metaphor for a life shaped by both grace and struggle. Her deep black hair merges with a dark background, from which soft grey lines emerge like chalk drawings - quiet echoes of the lives that came before her.

These lines are more than design; they are memory. They trace generations of women whose silent labor carved the path that Luzia now walks with gratitude. She understands the extraordinary privilege of being alive in this moment and honors it with joy. Her expression, both grounded and radiant, holds the awareness of what was endured so she could thrive.

Luzia is more than a portrait - she is a recognition of ancestral strength, a celebration of a woman who lives brightly because she remembers. Through her, we are invited to hold our joy with reverence, to live fully not despite the past, but because of it.

• Height 60.94 cm / 24 "
• Width 45.7 cm / 18 "