Leap

 
 

Leap

A blue person. Red orange and yellow orange flames. A leap. Of what? Who would willingly enter flame? Is the person jumping? Falling? Flying? We can’t know. Like other people in this series of paintings, this person is so oddly relaxed. S/he almost looks like the arms are out in a run to welcome a friend in the distant fog or fire. It doesn’t seem right that there is so much peace in the body and so much power in the fire. Yet the figure is peaceful and the flames are fierce.

There are days like this. Days when the fires of our lives seem to bristle and flicker and flame around us. There are days when it seems our families are on fire, our towns ablaze, our cities burning ahead and behind us. We can be worried and afraid to move, wanting to find a place away from the flame where we feel more safe.

This shockingly peaceful blue person says – Leap. See the truth of the flame all around you, but go – leap – jump or fall into the life around you. The fire eventually dies out and you will stand in the ashes, the one person not afraid to see what comes after the fire. The amount of courage it took this blue person to leap into these flames can’t be seen. All we can see is that the person did it. Leap.

Original in private collection

 
 

Please contact me if you would like prints. The following formats are available. All prints on paper are sold on ivory mounting board. Frames may be ordered. Prints on canvas are stretched on wood.

Art Prints: Art Prints are created with laser printers onto quality wood pulp art paper.

Gallery Poster: Gallery Poster is a typical art gallery format with laser printer on poster paper, supplied rolled in a tube.

Giclee Prints: Giclee Prints are inkjet sprayed onto quality cotton rag paper. They’re known for their vibrant colours, fine details, and archival quality. The term "giclee" comes from the French word meaning "to spray," referring to the precise inkjet spraying process used in their production. They’re guaranteed to last at least 100 years (though no one’s been alive long enough since development to know…)

Embellished Giclee Prints: Embellished Giclee Prints are customised by me adding details, textures, or hand-drawn elements to make each cotton paper print unique. The result is a print that combines the advantages of digital printing with a personal touch.

Giclee Prints on Canvas: Giclee Prints are inkjet sprayed onto artist canvas material. This gives the print a texture and appearance similar to a traditional painting on canvas so that they resemble original paintings.

Embellished Giclee Prints on Canvas: Embellished Giclee Prints on Canvas are customised by me adding details, textures, or hand-painted elements to make each print unique. Embellishments added on top of canvas give the print a more three-dimensional painterly effect.