selftalking to a younger self 0226

This painting unfolds as a self‑conversation made visible. The same model appears twice, yet time shifts with every thought: she becomes younger when speaking of the past, older when imagining the future. Painted from life in my studio, the two figures separate into different temporal selves, facing each other with a mixture of recognition, regret, and a quiet, unexpected tenderness.

The older figure carries experience, but not only its weight — also the knowledge that something good has emerged from what once felt impossible. The younger figure holds the early outlines of hope, unaware of what will come, yet still present as a reminder of beginnings. Their shared space becomes a fragile mirror, where memory and anticipation overlap. The work traces how we speak to who we were, how we listen to who we might become, and how both versions remain inseparable, even in their distance.