Charcoal and pencil on paper
From the exhibition Between Forms
There are forms of pressure that aren't immediately visible.
Held Under explores the experience of remaining upright while something internal continues to weigh heavily. The figure appears strong and present, yet the dense, tangled form of the head contrasts with the relative clarity of the body. Around her, loose lines rise and fall without fully resolving into anything solid.
For me, there is a tension in that contrast. The body continues. It occupies space. It holds its shape. But internally, there is congestion — thought layered over thought, pressure without an obvious place to go.
The raised arms can be read as strength, surrender, resistance or simply the effort of continuing to hold everything up.
Throughout Between Forms, I return to the discrepancy between how a body appears and what may be happening beneath the surface. Held Under sits inside that contradiction: visibly standing, internally submerged.
