Calida Rawles's *Pillar* (2018) is a striking acrylic on canvas painting that immerses the viewer in the luminous, aqueous world for which the artist is known. A figure is depicted submerged or suspended in water, with light refracting across dark skin in brilliant ripples of blue, turquoise, and white. The work speaks to themes of Black identity, resilience, and transcendence, using the fluid medium of water as both a visual and symbolic space of reflection.