In 2015’s “Coming of the Spring” I portrayed a young girl leaving behind her childhood and becoming a woman as viewed, bittersweet, through her mother’s eyes. I wanted to capture the confusion, hope and anxieties, and the anticipation of entering a new stage of life. In the seven years since this piece’s creation, the world is more conflicted than ever, but the same girl from my canvas wishes to share a brighter future with all of us. So I revisited her, as a way of letting her voice call out to my present self and to the people of all ages.