Firelight paintings

Strip away the filters, the alterations, the digital manipulation, layers repeatedly removed until.  What.  We.   See.   Is.  Real.

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Lit only by Firelight.

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Firelight which constantly changes as the flames leap and breathe, and reflect movement like a natural strobe, a series of images.

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Why does the warmth and gathering around a fire still move us so?  There is no need for it in our digital world.

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It must be that fire is in our very core.  The fire burns within us.  It is our ancestral heart.  It is pure.

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A right of passage that is somehow embedded within our DNA.  Collins captures the reflections of emotions that are at our very core - the light of the fire reflects love, laughter, pain, loss, and triumph in a beauty which our heart longs for.

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"Solomon" 84" x 120"

Imperfection Becomes Beautiful

"Acrobat"  48" x 72"

Scars are our Stories

Our Journey Reflected.

"Postman" 84" x 96"

The terrain of our lives is texture.