Faculty of Art

Drawing and Painting

Nadia Da Silva

Mary’s Archetype

“Mary’s Archetype”, 2024. 30” x 40”, acrylic paint, oil paint and oil pastel on canvas.This painting explores the Mary Archetype, reflecting on the experience of growing up in a religious household and grappling with the confining dualities of femininity, embodied by the Madonna-whore dichotomy.