BoxedInRose Rest

BoxedInRose: Rest is a meditation on exhaustion, surrender, and the impossible beauty that blooms in a mother’s unseen hours. Layers of rose-toned paint create a soft, atmospheric field of warm, muted pinks shifting like breath across the canvas. At its center, a woman reclines in a rare moment of pause, her body softened by the weight she carries every day and the tenderness she rarely allows herself to feel.

Her hair, still in motion, still becoming, is embroidered with shimmering gold thread, each strand stitched with intention. The thread work symbolizes the invisible labor that mothers perform endlessly, quietly, gracefully. A turquoise hair pin completes the piece, a small but powerful talisman of protection and truth, grounding her identity amid the chaos of caregiving.

This painting holds the rhythm of a day lived in fragments:
the 4 AM wake-ups,
the promises of “I’ll rest after this,”
the constant recalibrating of self around the needs of others.

It captures the moment when time finally slows, even briefly, when a woman gives herself permission to collapse into her own softness.

BoxedInRose: Rest is a portrait of resilience wrapped in tenderness, a love letter to every mother balancing beauty and burden, and a reminder that rest itself is a radical act.

Acrylic on Canvas 48"x48"

Layers of Pink, Rose, Magenta

24 karat vintage Japanese embroidery thread in gold and blue

Oval Turquoise Cabochon

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