Earthbound Daisies, ebru (floral ebru on a warm battal ground), pigments and ox gall on paper
On a sepia-terracotta battal marbled like river stone, three white daisies rise from a single stem—sunlit centers held by finely combed, feathery petals. The warm earth tones cradle the cool whites and greens, grounding the bouquet while letting it glow. Clean biz pulls in the leaves, steady tapering in the stem, and crisp rings around the background cells reveal a confident balance of size and ox gall; the scattered white spatters read like dew. Neither merely decorative nor strictly symmetrical, the piece distills classical ebru into a quiet emblem of resilience—life held gently within the flow of water.
