Fragments of Home #33 Icy Hot | Watercolor & Thread Art | Small Original Art

Watercolor & Thread Art, Small Original Art. Ready to hang. 9.5 x 7 inches.

Fragments of Home #33, Icy Hot by Suzanne Gibbs. This mixed media work on paper combines layered watercolor and Sashiko thread to depict a tall, dark blue house silhouette rising from a golden yellow foundation. Yellow stitched marks flicker along the lower half of the structure, while scattered blue stitches hover across the pale pink sky above. A band of pink thread stitches anchors the base. The deep, cool house form contrasts sharply with the warm stitched accents, creating a visual tension between cold mass and radiant heat. Through paint and thread, the piece explores the emotional paradox of home as both shelter and intensity, calm and combustion, icy stillness and internal fire.