Daina Valiulis

Textile Design

Intuitive Art

The Body that Holds the Sea

This piece explores the inner landscape as a space of tension, exchange, and integration between opposing states of being.

Two interwoven figures emerge against a vast, atmospheric field - one defined by structure, extension, and clarity, the other by fluidity, permeability, and flow. Rather than existing in opposition, the forms move through one another in a state of active negotiation, suggesting a relationship between containment and release, stability and change.

The surrounding environment - part cosmic expanse, part architectural trace - situates the figures within a shifting field where nothing is fixed. A circular, radiant form behind them acts as both threshold and anchor, while a delicate, symmetrical structure above introduces a sense of order within motion.

Through contrasts in colour, texture and form, the work considers how internal forces coexist without resolution. It reflects an embodied experience of holding complexity - where strength does not require rigidity, and fluidity does not dissolve structure, but instead moves through it.

*Selected as a finalist for the Inner Landscapes juried exhibition by Curatone.art, April 2026