More than Meets the Eye is a striking 44x48 inch acrylic and oil on canvas painting created in 2025. This work portrays a young woman poised with quiet strength, dressed in a flowing blue garment and holding an open book. Her gaze, steady and unyielding, captures a presence that transcends the moment, inviting viewers to reflect on resilience, wisdom, and the unseen depths of identity.

The vibrant patterned backdrop of blues, greens, and yellows encircles her like a radiant aura, amplifying her centrality and evoking themes of strength, knowledge, and self-discovery. The careful interplay of figurative realism and symbolic design transforms the piece into both a personal portrait and a universal narrative of contemplation and inner truth.

Key Features

• Acrylic and oil on canvas, painted in 2025

• Dimensions: 44 x 48 inches

• Figurative portrait of a young woman with an open book

• Richly patterned backdrop highlighting themes of strength and identity

• Expressive use of bold blues, greens, and yellows

• Blends realism with symbolic motifs to invite reflection