Untitled 8 (The New Normal)

Rendered in stark black and white, the drawing stages an intimate negotiation between two masked figures whose clasped hands become the compositional hinge—part greeting, part restraint—suspending the scene between camaraderie and control. The graphic certainty of stripes and stippled textures animates their bodies like charged currents, while the roller skates suggest a precarious mobility: lives in motion, yet always on the verge of slipping. A string of bunting and a spare window frame hint at domestic festivity, but the vacant surrounding space feels more like a quiet theatre, where identity and trust are performed under the pressure of unseen rules.