Lynda Carter had to be one of my first crushes as a kid.

When Wonder Woman came on TV, my brother Jason and I would gather around after dinner and stay glued to the screen. Watching her ricochet bullets off her bracelets, make bad guys tell the truth with her golden lasso, and stand strong no matter what came at her — that stayed with me.

As a kid, I just knew she was powerful.

Looking back now, I understand it differently.

Being raised by a single mother, I saw strength every day. I saw sacrifice, protection, discipline, and love all in one person. So when I think about Wonder Woman, I do not just think about a superhero. I think about the women who hold families together, protect their children, and keep moving forward even when life is heavy.

That is what made me want to paint her.

Comic book art was already part of my foundation, but Wonder Woman carried something different. She represented beauty, courage, truth, and power without losing compassion.

And something a lot of people still do not know is that Wonder Woman has a twin sister named Nubia, a Black woman superhero in DC Comics.

Kinda cool, huh?

This painting is my tribute to the strength I saw on TV, the strength I saw in my mother, and the kind of power that keeps showing up in women generation after generation.

— SAVO

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