FIRE & RAIN SERIES

This series consists of two complementary groups of paintings based on the elements fire and rain. Fire and rain are both archetypal elements, fundamental to our existence. The works explore the relationship these elements have with our psyche. The sensual quality of rain connects us with the earth. Cold and wet, it surrounds our skin and stimulates our senses. It sustains and nourishes, cleanses and renews. The sound of rain is like white noise: it envelops us in a protective mantle. Fire has the power to illuminate, to transform and reinvent our experiences. It carries great symbolic meaning. Fire is a manifestation of the magical within the physical world.

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