WHAT REMAINS: When Bone Becomes River (left panel) and When Bone Becomes Sky (right panel) - new paintings on wood I began these two sister paintings nearly a decade ago and set them aside, waiting for a day I could not yet see. For years, I wondered why they remained unfinished….but now I understand. As artists, we know a lifetime of experience pours into the painting before us...everything we’ve lived narrowing into the tip of the brush, asking to be made visible. And some

The Ferocity of Peace "Mother Sky" - Original Painting by Pamela Sukhum "Mother Sky" detail Inspiration Behind the Painting... Peace is often imagined as gentle, still, or serene. Yet in the world’s wisdom traditions, peace can also be fierce: unyielding in its clarity, protective in its compassion. Mother Sky embodies this paradox. Arcs of gold turn and spiral as if in sacred dance. They recall the dākinīs — sky dancers who move freely between realms, guardians who embody c

Art, Science, and Spirit in Dialogue with MIT An artist residency at MIT, at the frontier where art meets astrophysics — who could have...