What Remains, What Becomes

This dual self-portrait is painted in acrylic on a wood panel, a surface chosen for its warmth, durability, and natural grounding presence. The layered acrylics capture both immediacy and depth, portraying the artist in youth alongside the imagined elder self. Through this contrast, the work reflects on time, identity, and continuity, using the raw grain of wood to anchor the fleeting nature of age.

A portrait across time—youth standing beside age, both bound by the same gaze.

“The self is both fleeting and eternal.”