Nothing can touch my boy

October 2026

Nothing can touch my boy. Emma Velde-Schaffer

Nothing can touch my boy

Oil, gold leaf and pigment on linen

1000 x 800mm x 55mm

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'Nothing can touch my boy' was created during my Rothko Symposium residency in Latvia and completed when I returned home to Christchurch.

It’s part of a series of works based on my 12-year-old son, a mixing bowl of experience, imagination and observation. 

I was listening to a lot of Marlon Williams in the studio, hence the title, Nothing can touch my boy.