Born To Be Free

This painting opens like an infinite horizon. Blue dominates, vast and soothing, symbolizing a boundless sky or ocean. A luminous, slender form cuts across the space, like a ship, a sail, or perhaps a human silhouette walking toward its destiny. Streaks of gold, red, and ocher cascade downward like light, reminding us that freedom is always fueled by an inner fire. Here, the free man (inspired by the eponymous poem by Charles Baudelaire) is the one who dares to cross both visible and invisible boundaries, carried by his own inner strength. What portion of the sky are we willing to inhabit in complete freedom?