Boundaries by Faith Parks

Boundaries is a study of edges—the protective layers that surround something tender before it is ready to open. Like a flower bud, we sometimes need to close, retreat, and create space around ourselves so that growth can happen safely.

Faith Parks

Boundaries, c. 2023

Acrylic On Canvas

10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.32 cm)

$100

Boundaries is an acrylic study of edges, protection, and the quiet strength found within restraint. Inspired by the closed bud of a flower, the piece explores the boundaries that surround and protect what is still becoming.

A bud doesn't close because it is afraid of the world. It closes because something tender is developing within it. Its outer layers create a boundary—a protective space where growth can happen before the flower is ready to open.
In the same way, our own boundaries can create the conditions we need to grow. They can define where we end and the world begins, protect what is vulnerable, and give us permission to remain closed when we aren't ready to bloom.

Part of the Bloom Studies series, Boundaries considers the edges we create not as limitations, but as acts of care. Sometimes protecting what is becoming is just as important as letting it be seen.

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