The Weight of Grief, 2025, mixed media, 24 x 18 in. / 60.96 x 45.72 cm.

The Weight of Grief, Valerie Kalmenson, 2025, mixed media, 24 x 18 in. / 60.96 x 45.72 cm.

Pencil crayon, ink acrylic out of canvas

In this quiet collapse, she becomes the shape of grief, curved and trembling in the space between breaking and healing.