"Two-Faced Reflection" Cheryl Kellar

Two-Faced Reflection, 2025

Mixed media on watercolor paper

15 x 11”

$525.00

For years, whenever I happen to catch my reflection in a mirror or other reflection surface, I see my youthful face looking back at me — for a moment. Then the image shatters and my actual septuagenarian face emerges. It never ceases to catch me off my guard. Apparently, there is some place in me that still imagines I am the beautiful young version of my memories.

What’s the beast? I don’t think I’m crazy. I imagine I am not alone in feeling the years have passed by in a blink and I couldn’t possibly be this old. At the same time, I love being exactly who and where I am right now. I like my grey hair and think my wrinkles are not a big deal. So, I have concluded the beast is the shock at the moment of my reflection shattering. It is always a surprise