Paintings: For All the Glory • Veronica Perez Karleson

Painting of woman with a crown of yellow, orange, pink and white flowers and yellow background.

What will they say

Painting of the head of an sad woman with a crown of pink and white flowers and grey background.

Et tu, bruta

Painting of woman with a crown of purple, orange, pink and white flowers and copper background.

Sacred family ties

Painting of an outlined face of a woman with a crown of white and orange flowers on dark red background.

You and the horse you rode in on

Painting of the head of an angry woman with a crown of pink and white flowers and grey background.

But of course

How to betray oneself in five paintings.

In this video, I talk about the women in the paintings in this series.

For All the Glory is a series of portraits of women crowned with the flowers of social recognition.

These works explore feelings that emerge when a life is defined by self-sacrifice, dedicated to making others more comfortable at the cost of one’s own dreams and aspirations.

Their faces, painted in black and white, contrast with the more realistic flowers, emphasising how the pursuit of social validation often takes precedence over the personal.