What We Carry

What We Carry is an abstract acrylic painting portraying a Black woman holding a brown-haired baby, her gaze wary and protective. Behind her, a young girl, her daughter, stands close, mirroring her mother’s fear and uncertainty. Rendered in calming yet weighted tones of light blue, dark blue, green, and brown, the piece explores the quiet tension of motherhood, generational memory, and the instinct to shield one’s children from a world that doesn’t always feel safe.