Quintessence (161)

In this painting, the universe appears to blaze forth in an endless dawn. Fiery reds unfurl like sheets of celestial magma, driven by the breath of an energy yet to be born. Azure blue—radiant and luminous—bursts forth in striking contrast, like a river of air or a frosted constellation crossing the embers. Gold, scattered in shards of light, bestows a sacred dimension upon the whole, as though a shower of fusing stars were falling. Here, one senses the alchemy of the elements: fire and water, heat and cold, gravity and ether. Each fragment becomes a living metaphor for origin: all is opposition, all is union, all is creation. The gaze is lost between the depth of womb-like black and the vibrant clarity of the colours, as if the canvas opened a gateway between earthly matter and celestial infinity. Yet if every contrast reveals a secret harmony, might we ourselves not be the place where these opposing forces meet to give the world its meaning?