Rose & Eel, 2021

9" x 12" Watercolor on Paper; unframed.

A delicate rose blooms from the cracked skull of an ancient creature, its lush petals rising improbably from ruin. Coiled at its base, an eel emerges like a guardian or secret companion, its body looping protectively around the source of this living contradiction. The painting is an emblem of beauty wrested from decay—life, memory, and danger braided tightly together.

Daily Painting #66; March 12, 2021.