Blue Eclipse – Original Oil Painting on Canvas by Delmaine Donson

Medium: Oil on canvas
Year: 2025
Size: 122cm x 91cm (48 × 36 inches)

Blue Eclipse captures a moment of quiet introspection. The figure stands bare but not exposed, her arms wrapped gently around herself — not in defence, but in a tender act of self-holding. Her gaze is lowered, her expression soft, suggesting a woman turning inward rather than outward.

A glowing halo encircles her Afro, echoing the form of a solar eclipse — a moment of cosmic alignment where something powerful is briefly hidden, yet never lost.

This painting reflects the emotional terrain between sorrow and strength, asking what it means to be seen while still keeping parts of yourself sacred. It’s a meditation on softness as power, stillness as presence, and the kind of self-ownership that doesn't need to announce itself.