Painting by Nancy Li

Nancy Li, In Bloom, In Between, acrylic on canvas.

This piece explores the fragile transition from girlhood to womanhood. Inspired by Lisa Yuskavage’s feminine forms and dreamlike surrealism, it visualizes waiting, uncertainty, and inner growth. The subject’s gaze is outward, not focused on anything in particular, to emphasize the existential despair and confusion that accompany growth. She waits for the flowers to grow, but as she is deep in thought, they bloom around her—creating a quiet tension between stillness and transformation suspended in time.

I love art.