Allegiance, 2024

This portrait reflects the complex dynamics of family as experienced through my own journey. It speaks to the deep love, unspoken tensions, and silent struggles that shape familial bonds, while also honouring the unwavering resilience and loyalty that hold them together. The work captures the determined strength required to protect, endure, and thrive within the intimate sphere of family, even as the chaos of the external world presses in. Through this piece, I explore both the fragility and enduring power of these connections, where love and determination prevail despite life’s uncertainties.

Jennifer D’Arcy is an Australian artist working across drawing, painting, sculpture and installation, producing diverse themes of work that are united by strong detail and bold expressive colour. A graduate of Melbourne University’s Victorian College of the Arts (Bachelor of Fine Arts, First Class Hons), she recently completed a summer residency at the New York Academy of Art. She has been a finalist in numerous national art prizes, and her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, with pieces held in public and private collections worldwide.