A pair of human hands emerges from the blank expanse, delicately cradling a fragment of coral, an offering, a remnant, a plea. Painted in monochromatic washes of red watercolor and sharpened with ink on handmade paper, the image hovers between realism and dreamlike symbolism. The coral, rendered with intricate detail, appears both resilient and eroding, an emblem of marine worlds strained by warming oceans, pollution, and the pressures of human presence. In this quiet composition, the gesture of holding becomes an act of tenderness and reckoning, a meditation on care in the face of disappearance.
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Subject
Animals Conceptual
Style
Graphic, illustrative and typographic Surrealism Symbolism
Orientation
Square
Size
21 x 21 cm, 0.1 kg
Created
2025
Artwork number
000001
Substrate and Material
Substrate »
Paper
Material »
Ink · Watercolor
Frequently asked questions about this work
“Corals in Your Hands” was created by Laura Partin.
The price is 300 EUR.
The work measures 21 x 21 cm (height x width).
The medium is Drawing. Classified as Graphic, illustrative and typographic, Animals.
