Gathered Around & Steeped Within is an artwork, technically pushed to the edge of Silkscreen Print’s expressive painterly potential and pulled into the honest and tender drawn lines of black Charcoal. The contrast of mark-making and mediums used, also speaks into to the duality of the subject matter - at first glance seemingly ordinary, yet quickly pulling the viewer into a deeper story within.
It is a narrative shared by all humans: of gathering to connect, heal, resolve. The vessel also evokes thoughts of our souls - needing to be tended to, damaged but also full of capacity and love. There is unmistakable beauty in shared connection, and in the lingering questions of what is poured into and steeped within..?