The Red Woman – Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas by Delmaine Donson

Medium: Oil on canvas
Year: 2023
Size: 100cm x 75cm (39 × 30 inches)

Frame: Black Box Frame

The Red Woman explores themes of feminine strength and the sacred power of blood as a life-force and energy. Cloaked in deep crimson, the figure becomes a vessel of vitality — raw, instinctive, and eternal. Red here is not just a colour, but a pulse — representing creation, lineage, and the fierce, often unspoken power carried in the body of a woman.

The work speaks to cycles — of womanhood, of ancestry, and of becoming — honouring both the physical and spiritual aspects of femininity. Through this portrait, Delmaine invites the viewer to reflect on the elemental power within all women: the capacity to hold pain and beauty, rage and grace, all in one body.