In The Lady with the Yellow Hat, Julie Poulin offers a quietly compelling moment of transition, inviting slow looking. It speaks to thresholds: between light and dark, solitude and belonging, past and future.
On the surface, a solitary figure, steps from shadow into light. Looking deeper, almost lantern-like, the bright yellow hat becomes both focal point and metaphor: a small but decisive glow of presence, identity, and intention.
Built from layered colour and gentle abrasion, Poulin’s painterly surface is soft and atmospheric, Edges dissolve and re-form, allowing the scene to hover between interior and exterior, certainty and ambiguity. The surrounding architecture feels timeworn and contemplative, while the figure’s forward motion suggests transition—arrival or departure left deliberately unresolved.
