Solar Flaire (Leap of Faith) Print

I wanted to start a new series of oil paintings on a universal cosmic theme when I saw a Hubble space telescope photo of a solar flare emitting from a spot on the Sun's surface. And I thought, what if the spewing magma started to take on forms with symbolic significance... my theme had begun. In this first piece, the lady, naked and free, is leaping with the magma into space. One with the fire and the passion. Microcosm-macrocosm. Whenever we take a leap of faith, it's a kind of baptism of fire. Solar Flaire led me on to seek an even more universal theme called microcosm-macrocosm; statements about all of life. The very fabric of life. The elements I am playing with are atoms, eggs, seeds and spores. Seasons, cycles, orbits. Stars and galaxies. Micro life and macro life, all flowing together in the medium of space. To represent the human element in the drama, I chose the female, with her connection to the cycles, seeds and eggs. She, being the grower and birther of new life. Propagation and continuum. She dances through the cosmic story.