Stasis is a silkscreen print by contemporary painter tom french printed on somerset white velvet paper it is from a limited edition of just 30 mortality reality perception the psyche and the self said french in an interview following his solo show at the lawrence alkin gallery when describing the themes behind his works the title of the piece refers to the period or state of inactivity or equilibrium in which an abnormal state of the normal flow of liquid is slowed or stopp