THIS IS ABOUT YOU, ISN'T IT?
Come back to yourself. Your life is still here.
This is “Lady Rose.”
I painted her years ago while watching Downton Abbey -on repeat. One character—Lady Rose—captured my attention. She was handed off like a parcel, sent to be shaped into a proper debutante, while her parents fled to India.
Throughout her storyline, I felt her handlers trying to keep her tightly bound—like the central bud …