Becoming

Becoming reflects on the moment when identity begins long before it is fully understood. The child stands before the viewer not as the heir to a tradition, but as its future, suggesting that every culture is renewed through those who receive it.

Created in oil on carefully selected and treated natural slate using the ARTxSTONE® technique, the portrait emerges from the mineral surface, where the permanence of stone contrasts with the quiet fragility of childhood. Rather than illustrating a cultural ritual, the work explores how belonging is shaped over time, inviting the viewer to reflect on the invisible legacy that each generation carries forward.