Original ACEO (2.5 x 3.5 inches) titled “What You Keep Anyway”, the final piece in the Soft, But Not Safe series. This is a one-of-a-kind, hand-painted mixed media original.
At first, it reads as a bouquet.
Soft colors. Organic form. Something beautiful—something you might want to hold onto.
But look closer.
There are teeth in the center.
Not hidden. Not subtle.
Placed there.
This is not something that stayed by accident.
“What You Keep Anyway” is about choice—the things we recognize, fully understand… and keep regardless.
Not because we’re unaware.
Not because we were forced.
But because, somewhere along the way, we decided it belonged with us.
Beauty and harm, held in the same arrangement.
This is creepy cute with consequence.
This piece is for the one who knows—
some things didn’t stay…
you chose them.
Ships in a protective sleeve with rigid backing.
Only one exists. This piece concludes the series.