The artwork features a large dripping red heart with the text 'WHERE YOUR TREASURY IS' in red at the top, a yellow and white background, and a red handprint on the right side.

Tethered | Spiritual Surreal Art Print

$15.00

About the Artwork

Spiritual Surreal Art

Discover Tethered, a spiritual surreal art print inspired by Matthew 6:21 and the relationship between desire and spiritual growth. Symbolic imagery reflects the tension between what we long for and what we are called to release.

This composition illustrates the connections between our deepest desires and the physical manifestation of temptation. The fruit serves as a new depiction of heartbreak. Rather than using the familiar cracked shape, I chose bullet holes to realistically embody the phenomenon we humans experience when learning to love and let go. My emphasized handprint is a desperate plea, mimicking the first paintings discovered in Afrakan caves, almost like a way of crying out to my Ancestors for help in our shared language. I wasn’t concerned with the violence often associated with red, because for me, it signifies comfort. I am red, and so are you. The fear and negativity perpetuated onto our most sacred color just doesn't sit right with me.

The process of making this work was quite haphazard for me. I prayed over the canvas and began painting with no idea in mind. Before I fully understood it, Spirit told me it was finished. Imagine for a moment a world where its a known objective truth that everything on Earth is alive and exists with purpose. In a world like that, discovery, science, art, and misunderstanding all exist for reasons beyond comprehension. They would also be valued beyond comprehension Life itself is purposeful. So is death. Everything happens for one reason or another. And sometimes it's not for us to understand or find out, it's just for us to experience.

I think humans struggle with wanting things that feel good but might not necessarily be good. Deciding whether the temporary pain of growth is more valuable than the temporary satisfaction of evading it is the choice keeping you from your Highest Self. Letting the world understand that I do not have that figured out is a very honest moment for me. I am motivated to love the Woman that I am wholly as I grow, because I know how many people are suffering in silence for the sake of validation.

I hope this draws people to visit the Bible verse this is based on, Matthew 6:21. Even if you are not a Bible reader, I encourage you to analyze it as you would any other excerpt from a historical text, in context.

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

Kind actions, community, peace, immense love, and justice seeking behaviors are the treasures of Heaven. My art pieces are my visions in the physical world, but my imagination is more palpable, more precious than the canvas itself. In the same way, your inherent worth as a Human Being comes from who you are, not from the things you claim as yours.