Emergence (2026)
From The Stages of Becoming Series 
Watercolor on Paper Framed 20.5” x 28.4” 
 
Transformation is complete. A new creation is born.
 
A woman stands in the quiet presence of her own becoming. Resting upon her shoulder is a monarch butterfly—a striking contrast to the caterpillar that appeared at the beginning of the journey in Surrender.
 
The butterfly represents the completion of a cycle. What once existed in a form that could only crawl has passed through surrender, release, darkness, and liberation to emerge as something entirely new.
 
The monarch is not simply a symbol of change. It is a symbol of becoming.
 
She has traveled through the valley of transformation. She has surrendered what could no longer serve her. She has released the weight of the past. She has broken through the boundaries that confined her. And now she stands on the other side—not as the person she once was, but as the person she was becoming all along.
 
The butterfly rests upon her shoulder as a reminder that transformation is no longer something she is seeking. She has become the transformation.
 
Emergence is the birth of a new creation.
 
It is the realization that the difficult seasons were not the end of the story. They were part of the process that prepared her to emerge.
 
The cycle is complete.
 
The chrysalis has been left behind.
 
And she emerges transformed.