‘Lingering’
This painting feels like a quiet, unresolved relationship.
The woman on the left is a ghost. Not in a frightening sense, but in a quiet, lingering one. She feels calm, almost at peace. To me, she represents someone from the past who never fully left. Maybe an old love. Maybe a best friend. Maybe a version of the woman on the right that existed before certain choices were made, before certain losses happened.
The woman on the right is not a self-portrait. She feels grounded, present, and calm, but she is carrying weight. You can sense that there are emotions she hasn’t fully let go of yet. Not because she wants to hold onto them, but because some bonds don’t disappear just because time passes.
This piece is about how certain people, versions, or memories continue to live inside us long after they’re gone. They become part of how we see ourselves and the world. They shape us quietly, not as wounds that bleed, but as feelings that stay.
The ghost isn’t haunting her. She’s part of her.