Description

In Cautiva dorada , J. Hanter continues her sensitive exploration of femininity and interiority through a composition that is both powerful and poetic. The portrait of a woman, in profile, with closed eyes and a peaceful face, occupies the entire verticality of the canvas. Her dark, flowing and slightly tormented hair becomes the support for a sumptuous ornament, made of stylized golden motifs evoking leaves, cells, genetic imprints or plant adornments.

These golden acrylic lines, with an almost calligraphic ornamental precision, intertwine in the hair like a precious cage, both captivating and protective. They seem to hold, as if suspended, the thought or memory of the figure represented, while emphasizing its mystery.

The background, in warm, velvety tones, highlights the delicacy of the face, treated in oil with soft modeling and a subtle palette. The whole gives off an impression of inner silence, abandonment, and chosen captivity.

With Cautiva dorada , J. Hanter questions the link between ornament and identity, between constraint and beauty. The work evokes a duality between symbolic confinement and inner wealth, suggesting that some prisons are made of gold, but also of dreams.