Still Remains explores resilience through the protea, a flower shaped by landscapes where fire is both destruction and renewal.
Emerging from an abstracted, fire-marked background, the bloom carries traces of what has passed rather than escaping them. Its strength lies not in remaining untouched, but in continuing — altered, perhaps, yet still capable of growth.
The work reflects a quieter understanding of resilience. It is not about returning unchanged to what existed before, nor about denying damage or loss. Sometimes resilience is simply what remains: the part that endures, adapts and begins again.
Through layers of colour, texture and fragmented movement, Still Remains holds destruction and regeneration together — a reminder that survival itself can become the beginning of something new.
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Finish: 2 System Satin Varnish
Size: 8 x 10 inches (203.2 x 254mm) Edge 1.46 inches (37mm)
Frame: Natural Oak Floating Frame 9.17 x 11.18 inches (233 x 284mm)
Size with Frame: 9.17 x 11.18 inches (233 x 284mm) 2.16 inch (55 mm) Edge
