The Weight We Carry

A woman moves forward beneath the weight of what life asks her to carry — water, motherhood, memory, responsibility, survival. The child against her body and the bucket balanced above her head speak not only to physical labor, but to the invisible burdens so many women carry quietly, every day. There is strength here, but also solitude. Endurance. The kind that rarely asks to be seen. Created with acrylic on canvas and authentic African fabric from Ivory Coast, the work is rooted in the artist's childhood memories and in the quiet resilience of the women she grew up around.