Affection (Mother and Child)

This figurative sculpture distills motherhood into a poised vertical axis, where the lifted arm and the vessel balanced above the head turn the body into a living column of endurance. The muted, earthen patina and softly eroded surface read like accumulated time—work, weather, and memory—while the faceted planes of the face withhold emotion, suggesting a quiet interiority rather than sentiment. In the tender countercurve of the cradled child against the mother’s torso, the piece holds two weights at once: the public labor of carrying and the private gravity of care, merging necessity with tenderness in a single, unwavering stance.