Fragility, 2025, mixed media, 36 x 24 in. / 91.44 x 60.96 cm. abstract Sunrise sunflower captures the essence

Sunrise sunflower captures the essence new life both radiant and fleeting

Midsummer Twilight - full view - A wild moorland

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When my daughter was sick with a fever

Fragility, 2025, mixed media, 36 x 24 in. / 91.44 x 60.96 cm. abstract Sunrise sunflower captures the essenceFragility, Valerie Kalmenson, 2025, mixed media, 36 x 24 in. 91. 44 x 60. 96 cm. Pencil charcoal acrylic on canvas This explores the fragile line between tenderness and pain where love endures even in the face of loss. Through the bowed figure and burning red tones, the painting reveals how grief can hold both ache and devotion in the same breath.