Untitled 5 (Guardian of the City)

Framed within a perfect circle like a private cosmos, the central figure unfurls saffron-and-gold wings that read as both garment and shelter—an act of protection staged against a jubilant, toy-like skyline. The city rises in prismatic towers, yet the muted grey of the faces and the steady, amber-tinted gaze suggest an interior resilience that refuses to be dazzled or consumed by urban spectacle. Two smaller visages hover at her shoulders like echoes of memory, kinship, or alternate selves, turning the composition into a quiet allegory of how identity multiplies while still seeking a single, steady center. In the tension between bright architecture and intimate embrace, the work proposes care as a form of flight—an everyday transcendence set within the noise of modern life.