“Lend me your wings anIn Legacy, I turned to the past — not for nostalgia, but to remember where we come from.

Contemporary art moves fast. It’s trend-driven, image-obsessed. But beneath the glitter lies something older, more grounded: heritage. The quiet power of the people who came before us.

I studied Vermeer. Not just his light — though I tried to steal it — but his eye. His way of honoring the ordinary. The milkmaid, not the merchant. The overlooked, not the overpaid.

So I asked people who’d never think of themselves as worthy of a portrait to sit for me. I gave them light, time, and space. Slowly, their strength unfolded — not loud, but luminous.

And perhaps, in capturing them, I saw myself too. Wanting to be enough, and still chasing a better version. Maybe that’s our shared legacy.