Saint Joan

Saint Joan portrays courage as a kind of still flame. The composition is pared to essentials, a figure set against a field of pale, celestial color, her posture upright yet commanding. The strength here is not in battle but in conviction, the calm after defiance. Subtle shifts in pigment, from deep umber to silvered blue, evoke armor and vulnerability simultaneously. Through gestural simplicity, Joan is revealed not as martyr or myth, but as the embodiment of steadfast clarity: a woman fully attuned to her inner command.