Artworks by Shelly-Anne Graham are dual in nature. Graham uses the feminine as muse to capture the essence of beauty; while simultaneously using art as a conduit for human emotions of hope and loss that emerge from grief. Loss, not as an ending but as a source from which her creative calling was birthed. Speaking through art on behalf of the human condition, Graham echoes a reminder of existences that are fleeting and transient, owed the inevitable beacon of our mortal materiality. Hers is the message of making it count and taking the chance, even with fear in your heart.