Yin Yang

Yin Yang by Monika Ruiz
Oil on Wood
48″ x 48″ x 2.75″

A couple curls around the perimeter of a camellia as they try to reach each other, forming its outermost petals in a spiraling embrace.

They turn and turn, trying to reach each other. She was in love, passionate about him. He was in, moving, but more in another direction, a direction outside the rose that she planted for him for his protection, a white rose, a comforting, a wrapping one… and they turn and turn.