48'“ x 60”, Acrylic paint on canvas.

Take Me explores longing, vulnerability, and the human desire to be carried toward something beyond the present moment.

A dense, unruly bouquet emerges from a dark vessel, its flowers reaching outward in different directions. Delicate blossoms coexist with bold leaves and exaggerated forms, creating a tension between fragility and abundance. The dark ground isolates the bouquet, allowing its colors to emerge with an almost luminous intensity while suggesting an emotional space that is quieter and more uncertain.

The title introduces a sense of voice and agency. Take Me can be understood as an invitation, a plea, or an act of surrender. The flowers appear to reach beyond their container, suggesting the impulse to move, to connect, to be recognized, or to belong somewhere else.

The fallen flower beside the vase introduces a subtle counterpoint to the fullness of the arrangement. It suggests that beauty and loss are not opposites, but conditions that exist simultaneously. What is blooming is already changing; what is reaching outward is also vulnerable to separation.

Through layered forms, expressive mark-making, and the contrast between luminous color and deep darkness, the work considers the complicated space between holding on and letting go. Take Me is ultimately an invitation to consider what we ask of one another when we long to be seen, understood, or carried beyond where we are.