129 (Embrace)

Two entwined figures are compressed into a single, mosaic-like body, where interlocking planes of ochre, violet, and muted greens turn intimacy into a kind of topography. Set against a velvety maroon field, the calm, unwavering gaze anchors the composition while the looping contours and patterned ornaments suggest memory, ritual, and the quiet choreography of touch. The work holds a deliberate tension between tenderness and enclosure—love rendered not as narrative, but as a sealed, interior space where identities merge and still remain legible at the edges.