Hold Everything Dear 2 abstract art Cross-stitch portraits of kindergarteners who

Cross-stitch portraits of kindergarteners who attended school with the artist

imagined and observed narratives

fiction and non-fiction

” Nature appears throughout his work

Its form suggests erosion rather than construction — as if the object has survived while its system has not

Hold Everything Dear 2 abstract art Cross-stitch portraits of kindergarteners whoShannon Pawliw 12 x 12" oil on canvas over wood panel unframed This original painting is a collaboration between an anonymous, professional Chinese artist and Shannon Pawliw. The work depicts the artists own hands and was commissioned and then later embellished by Pawliw. Commissioning distant artists symbolizes our dependence on a global economy and is a recognition of how even the most intimate aspects of artistic expression can be outsourced,