Forgiveness
This painting is a meditation on self-forgiveness—on the quiet, difficult act of letting go. Two figures, almost mirrors of one another, stand entangled in threads of vivid red. Their heads lean together in an intimate gesture, their hands tethered by knots they cannot quite undo. The thread winds tightly around their bodies and faces, binding them to each other, to memory, to shame.

But these figures are not enemies. They are versions of the same self—past and present, old and new. One in lace, the other in darkness. One perhaps seeking absolution, the other bearing witness. They represent the dialogue we have with ourselves in the wake of pain we’ve caused—those restless nights filled with regret, where the body remembers even what the mind tries to forget.

The red thread becomes a symbol of entanglement and connection. It binds, but it also traces the shape of healing. It is the act of remembering, confronting, forgiving. The palette is rich in contrast—light against dark, softness against tension—mirroring the duality of grief and growth.

Forgiveness is not a release from responsibility but an invitation to move forward. To meet oneself with compassion. To accept that we are always in process—always capable of becoming someone gentler than who we were.