Pencil and pastel on card, (59.4 x 84.1 cm).

Held Here is a portrait of the artist’s sister and her newborn daughter, based on a photograph taken during the baby’s first visit to their Gran’s house after her passing.

The title speaks not only to the embrace between mother and child, but to the memories that continue to hold a family together. Seated in the chair their Gran always called her own, the piece reflects the quiet continuity of family – where one generation has gone, another has just begun, and love remains woven through both.