Lines that Hold

The work grew from my fascination with fragility and endurance — how something as delicate as a thread can hold a surface, or how the bloom of a flower, brief as it may be, leaves a lasting trace.

These works are not painted in the traditional sense; they are composed through a process of piercing, weaving, knotting, and layering. Every line of thread anchors a memory, a breath, a fleeting moment of resistance against impermanence.

The act of stitching is meditative yet defiant; it slows time, forcing attention to the smallest details, while also disrupting the smoothness of the canvas. Each line punctures the surface and pulls through to the other side, creating a tension between seen and unseen, front and back, silence and voice. Lines that Hold is also a mapping, of both inner and outer landscapes.

The threads form constellations, like a sky of quiet signals, or a garden of abstracted petals. Some lines appear taut, others loose, as though they are breathing. This interplay reflects the rhythms of nature: cycles of growth, decay, and renewal. The works are deeply connected to the physicality of material, the tactility of silk, the weight of cotton, the softness of wool. These elements echo my ongoing dialogue with natural forms and their ephemeral beauty, whether it’s the wind moving through reeds or the way petals scatter on the ground. By using thread as both medium and metaphor, I seek to bridge the worlds of painting, textile, and memory, to create spaces where fragility becomes strength, and absence becomes presence. At its core, Lines that Hold is about connection: how invisible threads, emotional, cultural, ancestral, hold us together, even as we unravel. It is about tracing what cannot be spoken, and finding beauty in the delicate lines that remain.