I Am So Small Queen elizabeth As the centerpiece of the

As the centerpiece of the triptych

The subject’s upward gaze meets soft

its gaze—anchored in the poem—reveals immense spiritual depth

The work invites the viewer into contemplative calm

I Am So Small Queen elizabeth As the centerpiece of theI Am So Small, 2016 Oil on Canvas 51 1 4 41 in 130. 2 104. 1 cm Frame included I am so small I can barely be seen. How can this great love be inside me? Look at your eyes: they are small, but they see enormous things. Sean Rushs painting captures the paradox at the heart of this Rumi quatrain: physical insignificance paired with boundless inner love. A young child monks contemplative face, rendered in soft earth tones, is overlaid with the poems