Release, 2026

Faye Trickett

Hand painted wall sculpture

12 × 11 cm (approx.)

Editions in colour variations

Release presents a serene, downward cast face, its eyes closed in a moment of quiet surrender. The form is rendered in a warm, gold finish, evoking classical sculpture, while vivid streams of colour blue and violet flow down from the crown across the face. These painted interventions introduce a contemporary, expressive energy, suggesting emotion made visible.

The contrast between the stillness of the face and the movement of the colour creates a sense of transition where tension gives way to release, and what is held internally begins to surface. The work balances calm and intensity, restraint and expression, positioning release not as collapse, but as a necessary act of letting go.

Intimate in scale, the piece invites close reflection, offering a quietly powerful meditation on emotional expression and the body as a vessel for what cannot always be contained.