The Tension Between Us

The Tension Between Us is a haunting mixed media composition built on gravity — emotional, physical, symbolic. At left, a fragmented human form seems to fall or hang weightlessly. On the right, another form leans forward, its arm extended, visibly strained as it holds the red threads that connect the two figures. These threads are real — sewn or fixed into the canvas — and they cut through the soft grey plane like scars, paths, or connections.

The tension is not only visual but conceptual: Who holds whom? Who is falling, and who chooses to bear it? The minimal color palette — cold greys and sharp red — enhances the emotional precision, while the fragments of tape and shadow-like forms beneath the falling figure suggest memory, trauma, and the invisible burden of relationship.

This work is ideal for collectors of narrative abstraction, feminist visual metaphor, and psychological spatial art. It invites introspection on dependence

• Technique: Mixed Media (Collage, Thread, Acrylic, Graphite)

• Style: Surreal Minimalism / Conceptual Abstraction

• Medium: Paper-based Composition

• Color Palette: Cold Grey, White, Deep Red, Flesh Tones