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Title

It is well with the child

wild compassion

at the kitchen table

watching the sun dance

I know, I know –

Don't give up

Details

1400 x 1200mm

Soft pastel and charcoal on paper

Process

This large scale work on paper is one of two that anchored the exhibition 'Poems for Independence'. They continue my exploration in landscape, spirituality, iconography, and poetry. 

​​​This work explores personal and shared stories about childhood, parenting, love, and self care. Recurring motifs in my practice are revisited in the work, including the orb, cruciform, textual marks, and ethereal figures, with a new radiant form emerging from above.

References

'It is well with the child' is an epitaph on a cruciform grave marker that I rediscovered in an old photograph from my childhood.

© 2026 by Byron Kinnaird

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