This painting embodies the elemental force of heat, not through depiction of fire but through its very material presence. Layers of oil and acrylic have been scraped, scarred, and built into ridges that resemble fissures in a scorched environment. At the center, a luminous field of yellows and oranges glows with the intensity of molten heat, as if the canvas itself were ignited from within.

Part of my series exploring the canvas as a living body, the work draws on the deep histories of material and myth. Where clay has often signified life’s origins in my other related pieces, here the element of heat represents transformation: destruction and renewal, collapse and rebirth. The painting radiates a core vitality that smolders beyond the edge of its surface, blurring the line between inert matter and animate force.

Like other works in the series, this piece becomes an “art-being,” an entity that refuses to remain silent as object, instead radiating its own energy, like an ember of existence made visible.