

In this monochrome tableau, repeated figures of boys handling small paper boats unfold like successive memories of the same moment—each pose a different register of innocence, strain, and quiet resolve. The stark charcoal contours press against a misted, stained ground, where absence of color becomes a moral temperature: childhood rendered as both tender play and precarious survival. Overlapping bodies and drifting scale disrupt linear space, suggesting a life lived in fragments—dream, labor, and longing braided together—while the fragile boats stand as humble emblems of hope set afloat in uncertain waters.







