Morning 4 (A Feathered Family)

Set against a restless field of teal tessellation, the paired chickens emerge as a quiet emblem of companionship—two bodies turning in opposite directions yet held together by a single, shared mass. The artist’s crisp, graphic contouring and limited palette heighten the tactile contrast between speckled plumage and the dense, almost nocturnal weight of the tail, while the small flare of crimson combs punctuates the scene like an insistence on life. The patterned ground reads as both decorative abundance and subtle confinement, making the birds feel simultaneously celebrated and enclosed, caught between domestic familiarity and a more primal, watchful alertness. In this tension, the work becomes a meditation on closeness: how intimacy can be protective, and how it can also bind.