Tides VIII

A luminous field of sage and seafoam, bisected by a quiet horizon. In Tides VIIII, Zhongkai Li layers watercolor and earth pigment across two panels of raw canvas, joined by a delicate running stitch that traces the waterline between them. The seam is both mark and gesture — a tide's edge made tactile.

Part of Li's ongoing Tides series, the work captures the sedimentary logic of water on land: color pooling, receding, leaving traces. The raw canvas absorbs rather than resists, becoming landscape as much as support.

Watercolor and earth pigment on sewn raw canvas — 14 × 11 × 1 in — 2026 — Unique

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