Moving Forward

2024

Oil on Canvas

Size: 20 x 16 in. / 50.8 x 40.6cm

Moving Forward is about momentum — a figure stepping out of what was and into what could be. The city behind her is still in shadow, the sun rising over it, and the ground reflects her steps like glass, catching the motion as she moves.

She wears the judicial robe and carries what she carries because it’s all part of her — her identity, her authority, her lived experience. She’s moving forward as her whole self, fully owning who she is while stepping into what’s next.