Holding On (Reaching for Joy)

Against an expanse of white, two small bronzed figures enact a quiet drama of desire and release—one body pitched forward in offering, the other reaching skyward as if bargaining with gravity itself. The clustered spheres, rough-textured yet brightly lacquered in primary hues, read like balloons and planets at once, turning play into a cosmology of fragile aspirations. The composition’s asymmetry—one cluster drifting away, another tethered close—creates a tender tension between possession and letting go, suggesting that joy is always partly departure. In this pared-back space, color becomes emotion made visible: buoyant, stubborn, and briefly weightless.