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Tamara Beck (she/her), Palawa
The Weight of Safety, 2025
synthetic polymer paint
76 x 61 x 4 cm

This painting tells the story of a mother and her two children who chose freedom from violence — yet have spent the last ten years living as prisoners of a system that promised protection but delivered failure. She left their father to keep them safe, followed every order, turned to police, courts, and services — and was let down at every step. Each failure fed the monster who knew there would be no punishment or accountability, and the abuse escalated.

The bright central rings represent the courage and unity of the mother and children who stand together every day against the harm. The dark forms pressing in symbolise both the perpetrator and the institutions that enable him.

The Weight of Safety is a statement of survival, a tribute to the strength it takes to keep fighting for safety — and a call to Victoria’s justice system: enough slogans. Make perpetrators accountable so families can truly be free.