Walking the line between enchantment and peril is a series of works portraying the mystically named trombeta de anjo (angel’s trumpet). Its seductive appearance and divine-sounding description mask the flower’s inherit toxicity, blurring the lines between healing and harm, or vision and death. In both a new painting and a dry pastel work on paper, long, drooping, sensual flowers create an almost theatrical scene with their bearer. Paulino is fascinated by the symbolism of a flower that both dreams and deceives, recognizing nature’s fantastical capacity for survival, something she identifies in the resilience of Black women throughout time, adapting to thrive.