Staisha is an oil portrait of a sleeping newborn, painted on a 16 x 20 canvas with warm skin tones, soft blanket textures, and the particular stillness of a child newly in the world. One tiny fist rests near her cheek, the detail that holds the whole painting together. The paint is gentle and close in attention, the colors kept warm and tender without becoming sentimental. There is something in the closed face of a sleeping infant that resists description, and the painting does not try to explain it: it simply holds the moment with the care it deserves.
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