Water Element · Where the Lotus Floats

This painting moves with softness rather than certainty.

Where the Lotus Floats explores the water element as a space of surrender, transformation, and quiet strength. Within the downward-facing triangle — the traditional symbol of water — a female form is seen from behind, held rather than exposed.

Her head becomes a lotus flower, glowing in shades of red, pink, and orange. The lotus is often associated with resilience and renewal — a flower that grows in muddy, troubled water, yet rises above the surface untouched. Here, it speaks to growth that happens through challenge, not away from it.

Along the spine, a sequence of chakra symbols follows the body downward — beginning at the throat, the center of expression and truth, and continuing through the heart, personal power, creativity, and grounding. Read as a vertical current, the symbols suggest energy moving through the body like water itself: flowing, connecting, and adjusting as it travels.

As the body descends, it dissolves into water, transforming into a flowing dress at the base of the painting. Form softens into movement. The figure is no longer separate from the element — she becomes part of it.

This work is not about escaping what is heavy. It is about allowing yourself to float — and trusting what carries you.

Canvas: 120 × 150 × 2 cm

Materials: Acrylics, spray paint and ink on canvas