"Coronation" 
('moments before' series)
 
20 x 16 inches
acrylic on canvas
 
I always found it interesting that no matter how ready you feel for something, when the moment arrives, it suddenly seems bigger than you could have ever imagined. I also love when the figure is looking directly out of a painting, as if intimately communicating with its viewer. In this moment before being crowned into royalty, our queen-to-be accepts the grand responsibility of her future. She knows all eyes are on her for leadership, foresight, and control. And as the crown approaches, there is no turning back. In this moment before, she erases any remaining doubt, and stoically awaits her coronation.
 
View fine art prints of this painting here.