God Mother Father Former Media (Tender Care) Pen Contemporary Drawing

Two faceless figures stand like quiet sentinels beside a suspended cradle, their bodies outlined in dotted halos that read as both stitching and aura—an attempt to hold tenderness together with ritual precision. The warm, earth-stained atmosphere presses inward while the rigid geometry of the floor steadies the scene, creating a tension between domestic order and the fragile, floating uncertainty of care. The baby’s small, reclining form becomes the painting’s moral center, suggesting a narrative of guardianship where identity dissolves and only the act of protection remains. In this hushed theatre of suspension, the cradle doubles as threshold—between sleep and waking, safety and vulnerability, presence and absence.