Moment in Time

2023
Oil on canvas
60” x 45”

My first life-size painting was inspired by Peter Paul Ruben’s The Assumption of the Virgin. Ruben’s painting depicts a biblical scene where Mary triumphantly soars upward, welcoming her transition into the spiritual realm.

In contrast, my painting captures an ordinary but idyllic Sunday afternoon with my family. We enjoy our time together but we’re blissfully unaware that this moment will soon become a memory. Except for me: my vantage point as a mother always keeps me focused on the speed of time. I reach downward to interrupt my children, but they are growing and changing, just the same. Unlike Mary, I don’t welcome our transition: I want to keep this moment forever.

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