Cycle

This painting is my attempt to capture the delicate balance between life and death, and how closely intertwined these two states can be. The young girl in the image represents a beautiful soul, serene and innocent, yet she is suspended in a fragile moment. She stands on the threshold between life and the unknown, caught in a space where she is neither fully alive nor entirely gone. The warm light that encircles her symbolizes life, divinity, or an inner peace, while her quiet stillness suggests that she may be transitioning to another realm.

I wanted to express the beauty of life, but also its fragility. Something as precious as a young life can disappear in an instant, and with it vanishes all the potential and beauty that has yet to unfold. This realization is profoundly sad, yet it serves as a reminder to appreciate the fleeting moments of grace that we experience. The painting encapsulates this vulnerable moment—where the beauty of life meets the inevitability of its end. It is a reflection on how something so beautiful can be so easily lost, a tension between sorrow and reverence for the fragility of existence.

The composition aims to emphasize not only the girl’s physical beauty but also the tragedy inherent in the possibility of losing such beauty. Life, much like the girl herself, is illuminated by a brief but radiant light, and this painting is a meditation on how fleeting and precious that light truly is. Through her, I sought to evoke both the serenity of life and the solemnity of death, drawing attention to the profound and inevitable connection between the two.