16x20, 2018, acrylic on canvas
2019 Scholastic Gold Key Winner, 2018 Winner of Artizens Allegacy FCU contest, winner at Dixie Classic Fair, exhibited locally.

This portrait was inspired by the works of Dali and Van Gogh, with a concentration on movement, composition, and color to evoke a sense of mystery and contemplative depth. As with all of my portraits, I desired to guide the viewer toward the complexity of the human face, and achieved this through the composition of the hair and the hands, which point upwards to grasp the light that shines from above.