Zebras (Tender Affection**)

Two zebras are rendered with a tenderness that turns pattern into intimacy: the standing figure bends into the curled body below, and their stripes interlock like a single calligraphy of protection. Against a softly vaporous ground, the crisp black-and-white rhythms are warmed by subtle ochres, suggesting sunlight lingering on hide and turning the savanna’s vastness into a private sanctuary. The composition’s gentle diagonal—neck to cheek to resting flank—guides the eye through a quiet circuit of care, where vigilance and repose coexist in one breath. What could read as mere naturalism becomes a meditation on kinship: identity repeated, echoed, and softened through touch.