Vessels of Holding

This series reflects the quiet urgency of connection, both between people and within the self. The figures appear enveloped in soft folds of fabric, their gestures tender and deliberate. Through subtle color and layered texture, the works capture the instinct to preserve what is slipping away, revealing love as both anchor and weight.

The imagery evokes intimacy shaped by endurance. Figures lean inward, their arms wrapped protectively around one another or drawn close to their own bodies, as if to contain what must not be lost. These gestures mirror the delicate balance between care and surrender, between holding and allowing release. Within this tension, love becomes not comfort but devotion, steady and unspoken.

At its heart, Vessels of Holding is a meditation on the sacred act of preservation. Each image becomes a vessel for memory, for the bonds that outlast displacement and time. Here, love is not ornament but necessity, the final tether between presence and loss. These works remind us that the impulse to hold—another, the self, what remains—is an act of both courage and grace.