In Jessica with Wild Hair, the portrait presents a balance between poise and disruption. The figure faces three quarter away, yet her presence is anything but conventional. Hair lifts and scatters in restless strands, fingernails flash with unexpected colour, and the eyes hold a gaze that feels both guarded and self-possessed.

Based loosely on a photographic reference, the painting moves deliberately away from likeness toward interpretation. Familiarity gives way to character. The subject becomes less an individual and more a psychological presence: a study in mood, identity, and the small acts of transformation that separate image from self.

Painted in oils with careful attention to surface and light, the work combines softness of flesh with the livelier gesture of hair and colour. The result is quietly cinematic — a moment caught between composure and defiance.

Both intimate and contemporary, Jessica with Wild Hair invites the viewer to linger, not simply to recognise, but to wonder who she might be.