Blind Trust

Two lovers stand entwined beneath twin flowering trees, each wrapped in a cloak the color of their longing. One in deep red, the other in verdant green. Their eyes are closed, their foreheads touching softly, as if trusting the nearness of the other more than the sight of the world around them. The love portrayed in this portrait is a love without calculation, without fear; a devotion that leans inward, certain that the heart can see what the eyes cannot. Even the trees behind them mirror this union: two trunks, two colors, two beings growing toward one another until their branches weave into a single canopy of blossoms.

The frame that surrounds them is rendered in the abri marbling technique, its swirling patterns echoing the fluid, unpredictable nature of love itself. Just as abri paints drift and merge on the surface of water before finding their final form on paper, so too do these lovers surrender to the unknown choosing trust, choosing stillness, choosing one another with eyes closed and spirits open.

Original miniature portrait (Origin: Bukhara), framed in double-glass frames (front and back viewable) to preserve both pigment and light. Dimensions: 46 cm x 35 cm.