Maria V. Cano infuses a feeling of gentle peacefulness into the compositions of A Tenuous World. Abstracted seascapes are anchored by familiar elements – the play of water at the beach's edge, a line of breaking waves, the solitary human figure upon the shore. Visual elements to blur and fade as they take on dreamlike qualities. Subtle grays and soft whites blend together to evoke a feeling of ethereal lightness – for the artist, this is the representation of a calm and meditative state of mind.