Fragments of Home #40 Heart of the Home | Watercolor & Thread Art | Original Art

Watercolor & Thread Art, Original Art. Ready to hang. 12.5 x 12.5 inches.

Fragments of Home #40, Heart of the Home, is a layered watercolor and stitched paper work by Suzanne Gibbs. A large house silhouette in moody washes of slate gray, blue, and soft charcoal sits centered on a Payne's Grey ground, all mounted on white handmade paper with deckled edges.

The outer house shape is bordered by a white paper frame stitched in dark thread, with a dashed stitched line tracing the interior perimeter. At the center, a smaller, simplified house form is outlined in delicate white stitching, slightly asymmetrical and softly held within the larger structure.

The layered papers create subtle shadows and depth, emphasizing containment within containment. The stitched inner house suggests a core or emotional center—an intimate “heart” nested inside the broader architecture of home. The cool, subdued palette and careful hand stitching evoke quiet introspection, protection, and the layered complexity of belonging.