The Weight of Instinct

This work reflects how women instinctively carry the weight of the hive.
Even with a partner beside her, she often assumes the responsibility of nurturing, sustaining, and holding everything together.
The hive symbolizes emotional labor, motherhood, and unseen duties burdens that settle into her body not by obligation, but by instinct.
The seated figure represents a pause, not rest.
A moment where the weight remains, revealing the quiet strength of a woman who continues to carry, even in stillness.
Oil Painting on canvas 
24X30X1.5 nch
Created in 2026