Against the wall II

Original artwork
Mixed media on canvas
135 × 100 CM, 2026

Against the Wall explores the resilience of people who have had to navigate barriers shaped by the ways differences can become a reason to be held back.

Against the Wall II imagines what happens when that effort succeeds. The wall is still there, but it has become less dominant. The flowers have grown beyond it, creating something abundant and unexpectedly beautiful.

Together, I & II ask what might happen when resilience is no longer an individual act of survival, but something we cultivate collectively.

I spent three months making these paintings, and they were some of the most difficult works I have created, not only because of their scale, but because of how personally connected I am to what they represent.
I wanted the flowers to speak to the many people I have encountered who have had to navigate life from a position of disadvantage. People who have been told, directly or indirectly, that they are too different, too foreign, too dark, too small, too tall, too loud, too quiet, or simply not what was expected.
But I didn't want to make a work only about the wall. I wanted to imagine what happens when people grow together.
The coffee filters embedded within the paintings extend this idea of community. They connect back to my earlier work and to conversations around Noordereiland in Rotterdam, where community became a reminder that collective action can create movement even when larger systems feel difficult to change.
A New Day For Weeds is a one-of-a-kind original. It will not be reproduced as an original.
It is hand-signed and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
This work is executed on premium linen with professional deep aluminium stretcher support and reinforced cross-bracing. The surface is prepared with multiple acrylic gesso layers and an isolation coat.
The finished work is sealed with a protective archival varnish. Every material decision was made with the same intention as the work itself
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