Shards - Milk bowl

Shards - Milk bowl, 2024

Acrylic and oil paint on canvas, with ceramic shards and wire

35x28cm

Stitched with wire, shards of a Venda clay pot form a vessel shape. Set against a creamy background, the vessel's fleshy tone evokes a breast in milk, connecting the human form to the natural world. Here, the mother is the vessel, a conduit back to nature.