'En Pointe' by Charles Inge

"What will the New Year bring?
The world waits with bated breath.  Politics? Wars? Climate disasters? 
Year on year life feels more and more out of balance. We live in fragile times. But precious times too.
 
This delicate, fragile painting is held in balance, but only just.  You sense that the slightest breeze will bring it all tumbling down.

For now, we can only hope.  Maybe that's all we can ever do?"

Matthew Coulter