@Cheryl Mack The incandescent color, more like a butterfly wing or an iridescent beetle shell, was intentional. It gives her a glow that feels alive and shifting depending on how the light hits, almost as if she refuses to be reduced to a single tone or narrative. The pins introduce tension. They suggest restraint, pressure, expectation. They hold her in place, but they do not diminish her radiance. That contrast is the center of the piece. Confinement versus brilliance. Control versus identity. I’d love to hear your questions. What stood out to you first?

@Cheryl Mack For me, the glow was about complexity. Too often women, especially women of color, are flattened into one narrative or one role. I wanted her surface to shift, like a butterfly wing, so depending on where you stand, you see something different. That variability is intentional. The pins are not about weakness. They’re about external forces. Systems, expectations, labels. They suggest pressure, but her radiance pushes back against it.