Size: 11 x 14 inches
Framing: Framed - white wood float frame
Medium: Mixed media on cradled hardboard
Collection: Energy

What the Sea Tried to Hold captures a moment of upward movement, where form rises and expands beyond the surface of the panel. A central, water-like shape unfolds in layered blues, greens, and golds, emerging from a sepia ground and pushing outward in a contained but active flow.

Raised, sculpted textures move through the composition, with circular white forms lifting vertically in two passages, suggesting buoyancy and release. These elements extend beyond the central form, carrying the movement upward and off the edge of the canvas.

A wash of gold catches along the surface, settling into the texture and reinforcing the shifting edges of the form. The composition remains close and immersive, as if viewed in detail—where structure, material, and motion converge.

What the Sea Tried to Hold reflects a moment of tension between containment and release—where the surface can no longer hold what is rising through it.

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