Looking too Closely

This ink drawing is a surrealist study in pointillism, created entirely with pen using thousands of tiny dots to build form, depth, and texture. At the center of the composition is a delicately rendered rose, detailed petal by petal through precise stippling. Beneath it, an eye emerges—open, watchful, and unnervingly human—while sharp spines surround the forms, blurring the line between beauty and danger.

The surreal nature of the piece invites multiple interpretations: the rose as a symbol of delicate emotion or hidden strength, the eye suggesting awareness, vulnerability, or inner truth, and the surrounding thorns acting as a visual metaphor for protection, pain, or transformation.