She Once Was traces the quiet, lingering spaces where womanhood, memory, and connection meet. In these paintings, draped fabrics – translucent veils – become extensions of the female figure, shifting between presence and absence. The window theme sits at the centre of this, acting as a site of longing, reflection, and possibility. It’s a place where light enters – where we pause to look out and inward at the same time. A symbolic representation of the threshold between inner and outer worlds – a container of feeling – between what is held close and what is allowed to drift beyond reach.