Ripples of Belonging, Oil on Canvas, 40X30, 2025

In Ripples of Belonging, a woman sits on a stone stairway in a lush garden, wrapped in the intricate patterns of a Persian carpet. The scene opens to Niagara Falls, where rising mist softens the landscape and adds a dreamlike quality. She looks toward the cascading water, caught between the pull of tradition and the awe of the natural world. The Persian carpet covering her—crafted by generations of women whose artistry often went unrecognized—honours their labour and legacy. The mix of woven textures, stone, flowers, and drifting mist reflects how identity shifts and expands. The work celebrates the way cultural stories can overlap and enrich one another, much like the continuous movement of the falls.