Sam Grudge
2026-10 softness
acrylic
20 x 20 x 2 cm
Current location: In private collection
Original artwork price: € 390
There is something quietly radical about softness. This is 2026-10 — a heart drawn not in bold strokes or saturated color, but traced in the delicate outline of a thorn branch, resting on a field of warm gold. No fill. No fanfare. Just the shape of love, held lightly. The thorns aren't there to warn you off — they're the texture of something real, something that grew. Gold because the world deserves a little luminance, especially at year's end. I wanted this one to breathe. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is leave space inside.