What first appears to be an eye reveals itself as a living world. At its centre, a woman becomes the eye’s point of vision—the place where light enters and truth comes into focus.

From her, life grows. Her unbound hair becomes roots; the roots become trees, reaching upward toward the sun and sky.

Like the earth, woman is a source of life. And life, by its nature, seeks to grow. Even when that growth is constrained and her freedom is taken, the roots remain—reaching toward the light, unseen and unstoppable.

Through her, the world is seen. To silence her is to silence sight itself—to erase not only women, but truth and freedom. Yet what is rooted cannot be so easily erased.

Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 50 x 4 cm (16 × 20 × 1.5 in, approx.).