This series is a visual exploration of memory and its inherent power to transform. The paintings were created over several years and have undergone a process of evolution — much like memory itself.
What began as bright, symbolic representations of distinct childhood moments became submerged beneath new layers of paint and meaning. I deliberately applied these later layers, partially obscuring the original narratives to create a palimpsest effect — where the old story continues to pulse beneath the surface.
For the viewer, these works invite discovery — an emotional excavation. Through calligraphic lines, fragments of text, and dark veils of colour, faces and silhouettes emerge — at once distant and piercingly familiar. Childhood Treasures are not frozen frames of the past, but a living dialogue between who we were and who we’ve become.
They invite pause and rediscovery — a quiet return to the sacred elements time tried to conceal, but could never erase.