I painted this as a musing on love. Romantic, platonic— any kind of close relationship, really. I’m drawn to the vessel as a symbol of being, as something that contains and exhibits but can also mask , can hold things not visible to the beholder until they emerge from inside.

These two vessels remain autonomous yet have grown connected, both in terms of their outer form and what has grown within. To remain connected is a choice: the ferns can be cut, but not without pain. The vessel arm can be snapped and the two forms would remain functional and whole once separated, but both would carry evidence of their severance. Growing together — perhaps not permanently, but for now, An act of faith and vulnerability, of radical connection.

Size : 7x10”, framed to 13.5x17.5”.

Materials : watercolor and ink on 100% cotton Arches cold-press paper

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