Enlightenment

Enlightenment presents intertwined figures negotiating power and balance within a structured, urban framework. Rendered in pencil and gold leaf, the work reflects on the Enlightenment as a period that shaped modern cities through order, reason, and hierarchy. Strength and vulnerability, masculine and feminine, exist in tension, suggesting adaptation as a shared act. The painting considers how urban systems organise bodies, and how reconciliation emerges within their constraints.