Gravity of the Unseen

The earth pulls on everything. But two people who are drawn to each other obey a different law — and this work is about that one.

Two figures, entwined and suspended in space, defy the pull of the ground. They float — not weightless by accident, but held by another gravity: the magnetic force that draws two people together. They have slipped free of earthly constraints, and now they move only within the pull of their own connection — orbiting nothing but each other.

Their faces are half-seen. That is deliberate. Look there first: even in the deepest closeness, much of another person stays unknown — and much of ourselves. So the title cuts both ways. The gravity is unseen; so is the rest.

When I made this work I was thinking of Genesis — of Adam and Eve and the first companionship — though I wanted nothing literal, only the emotional and spiritual bond underneath: the eternal dance between woman and man. Some viewers see two lovers at the beginning. Some see a couple who have held each other through everything. Some see the moment of meeting, stretched to eternity. All of these are right; the work holds them.

Gravity of the Unseen belongs to my Human 2021 cycle — humanity surrounded by questions that have no answers, living and loving anyway — alongside Her Horizon, His Horizon, Orbit of Presence, Each in Their Own Orbit and The Parts We Are.

Offset print, hand-painted with acrylic · 61 × 42 cm · 2021 · Limited edition of 10, signed · Certificate of authenticity · 400$, shipping included · Shipped in a tube, requires framing

If you have ever been held by this kind of gravity — write to me. I answer personally.