What Connects Us

Acrylic, Canvas, Ready to hang

40cm (W) x 30cm (H) x 2cm (D)

Signed Certificate of Authenticity

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A$500

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Artwork Description

Before the words. Before the sound. There is a current that runs between two people — felt, not seen, heard only in the space where silence lives.
What Connects Us is painted in that current. Three great wave arcs sweep horizontally across a deep black canvas in teal, dark green and white, their edges textured and alive. Gold scatters through the dark spaces between them — not decorating, but insisting. Something runs through everything here. Something holds.
The forms suggest geological strata, ocean ripples, sound waves — all the ways that invisible forces make themselves visible when you know how to look.
Part of the Before the Silence collection — three large origin pieces exploring what exists in the space before sound becomes language.
Original acrylic on canvas. 30 x 40 cm. Signed by the artist. Includes certificate of authenticity.

Artist Bio

Hemakshi Valera is an Australian artist based in Shepparton, Victoria. Working primarily in acrylic, her paintings explore emotion, stillness and human connection. Featured in Artist Closeup (June 2026), her work spans collections including Between Silence and Becoming, Sounds of Silence, and Cosmic Dreams.

Commissions

Hemakshi's studio is in Shepparton, Victoria