Acrylic on Canvas Board

22 x 24 in. (23 x 25 in. framed)

Tao of Adoration reduces intimacy to gesture, line and surrender. The figures are stripped of descriptive detail so that the curve of a bowed body, the meeting of hands and the directional flow between them carry the emotional meaning. Blue accents cool the otherwise spare composition, while open negative space gives the gesture room to breathe. The title suggests adoration as a path rather than a pose: devotion expressed through attention, tenderness and the willingness to place another person fully at the center of awareness.