Clinging to the Edge each a balance of the deep-seated

a balance of the deep-seated and the unknown

8 x 10 x 1

Martin Hsu is an Asian American artist living and working in San Francisco

Her signature pallet boasts saturated pastels and a cosmic world of orderly chaos

and spirituality coincide to encompass a world where creatures emerge as fellow stewards of the earth

Clinging to the Edge each a balance of the deep-seatedDetails About Watercolor 2. 25 x 6. 25 in. 2023 4 x 8 in. (f) Framing included Ancient Greek mythology: The great hero Heracles went to retrieve three of the golden Apples of Hesperides. The precious Apples were in a garden, guarded by Ladon, a hundred headed dragon. Heracles killed the dragon, and as the hero left with his golden prize, the blood flowed from the monster and seeped into the ground. Green tendrils began to spring from the earth,