ANNE PARLOGCONTEMPORARY ARTIST
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The Truth Between Us
2026Charcoal, oil and oil pastel on canvas-textured Fabriano paper for oil painting50 × 65 cmArtist's collection
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The Truth Between Us

Sometimes control does not begin with a locked door, but with a doubt quietly placed in another person’s soul. In time, a woman may lose trust in what she feels, in what she sees and even in her own power to leave.

His rigid hand holds the gesture of someone who mistakes love for possession. She appears stripped not of clothing, but of defence. Her gaze carries fear, weariness and the beginning of an awakening she does not yet dare to name.

Between them lies the book, like a truth that has always been there, but can only now be read. Sometimes a single page is enough for the entire story to take on another meaning.

The work speaks about the moment a woman understands that she was never powerless, but merely made to forget her own strength. It is dedicated to those who still live within this silence and to those who, looking back, recognise their path towards freedom.