The Secret Keeper
Katrina Keller
2021 | mixed media on paper
"The Secret Keeper” is a meditation on desire, fear, and the yearning for something beyond what we know. The woman in the piece is sheltered by cranes, hidden from the world, yet she reaches toward a snake; a mysterious, unsettling presence that threatens to disrupt the safety she’s known. She craves the unknown, a glimpse of truth or transformation, and freedom, even though it might be dangerous or painful. This captures the ache of longing to break free, to confront the illusions that shape our identities, and to step into a world we’ve never seen before. It is the tension between comfort and risk, secrecy and revelation, and the quiet courage it takes to follow a desire that can’t be ignored.