This work focuses on identity on a community and individual level seen from the perspective of women. The images are set on a back drop of architectural imagery and symbolism, the changing architecture of our society as it develops represents a change in a community’s identity. One of the main symbols in this series of work is that of a gate. The gates represent the diactomy between the restrictions of identity and culture as well as the representation of new beginnings and possibility in relation to the current climate in world. The women in each of the paintings serve as a narrator as well as a symbol of the importance of women as storytellers and protectors within society.