SANDRA TOBIAS
Spiral - Push and Pull
Handcut gouache and watercolour on paper 70 x 80cm
$5000
Our world walks on eggshells, pitched against each other for space, land, water — for a safe place to sleep, to dream, and to love.In this hand-cut gouache, I explore the push and pull of life and love: its fragility, its ruptures, and its capacity to endure. The act of cutting becomes both wound and opening, suggesting the fractures that crisis reveals, but also the possibility of connection through vulnerability.Together we share one planet, one earth. Without love — as kindness, care, and compassion — we cannot exist. This work asks us to recognise the spiral, not as an ending, but as a call to reimagine how we live with one another, the need for collective effort in times of turmoil. Through delicate cut layers, I aim to draw the viewer into this ritualised dance—one that asks not just for hope, but for conscious, compassionate action, For Peace.