Year: 2025
Size: 60×80
Weight: 2.8kg
Material: Beads and sand
Description;
Title (optional): Held Above the Storm
This evocative texture artwork captures a moment suspended in contrast: black rain falling steadily onto an umbrella — an everyday object transformed into a symbol of quiet resistance. The umbrella, textured and central, appears to hold the rain in place rather than repel it, as if it bears the weight of the storm instead of avoiding it.
The rain itself is rendered in deep, textured blacks — perhaps with thread — cascading downward with a quiet rhythm. It’s not just seen, but felt. Each droplet is a touchable mark of emotion, memory, or tension.
Surrounding the main canvas is a larger, encompassing black surface — a second canvas that acts as a looming dark abstract cloud. It wraps the artwork in darkness, framing it like a sky heavy with emotion. This outer canvas doesn’t just extend the piece — it becomes part of the narrative: the presence of the storm always near, always pressing in.
Held Above the Storm explores themes of endurance, protection, and emotional weather. It invites the viewer to not only look at the storm — but to reach out and feel it.
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