No. 17 · Love, Embrace & Dance
Held Above the Clouds
A powerful golden figure curls protectively around a woman wrapped in red, the two floating together above a bed of clouds. Around them the sky blazes in fiery orange, magenta, turquoise and sunlit yellow. Dense, flowing line work traces every muscle and fold, so the embrace feels both sculpted and alive. It is love as shelter: the arms that carry you when you can no longer stand.
Original · one of one · never reproduced. Oil and acrylic, by Egyptian artist Nourhan Salama.
