The Weaver of Time / La tejedora del tiempo

This painting explores the feeling of absence from a rarely addressed perspective within the discourse of politics and mass migration—not through statistics or headlines, but through the emotion that lingers behind a smile. Blending hyperrealism and abstraction, it portrays an elderly woman, a symbolic figure of memory and time, whose act of weaving becomes a metaphor for the construction of life, relationships, and remembrance.

Symbolic elements enrich the narrative: the gray hand and the red scissors evoke destiny—echoing the Moirai of Greek mythology—capable of severing ties, memories, and even lives. The Forget-Me-Not flowers emerge as a silent cry to remain present in the memory of those who have departed.

Rather than depicting separation directly, the work visualizes its emotional residue. It is both an homage to those who leave and to those who stay—to the resilience of waiting, and to the fragile thread of memory that keeps us connected through time and distance.