Diara

Title: Diara
Series: Erased outlines
Year: 2025
Medium: Acrylic paint on canvas
Dimensions: 85 × 61 cm
Framing: Unframed, ready to hang
Type: One-of-a-kind artwork, signed and counter-signed at the back

“Diara” is a contemporary portrait in acrylic paint, a artwork that dives to the heart of the tensions in our identity, its contradictions and complexities. Through shades of blue and touches of gold, the portrait reveals a woman divided between her shadow parts and the light that society values. These areas of darkness, sometimes concealed or judged, evoke inner struggles and facets of the self that we learn to hide, in a world that seeks to standardize beauty and femininity.