Who started the fire?
At some point, nobody knows.
That sentence stayed with me after looking at Firestarter, a painting from my Dreamland series. There is a dark figure moving through a layered landscape. A soft sky above. Darker ground below. Somewhere in the painting, a small house-like form seems to glow.
But the work does not offer a simple answer. Is the figure leaving something behind, or walking towards it? Is there really a danger of fire, or is it energy, memory, anger, or the beginning of something new?
Shifting things
I like that sense of not knowing straight away. In my paintings, I am not looking for one fixed explanation. I am more interested in the moment when something begins to shift. When a landscape takes on a psychological charge and makes you think. When a figure becomes more than just a figure. When a small light can feel both hopeful and unsettling. Firestarter belongs to that place. A fictional landscape, but not an empty one.
Firestarter
From the Dreamland series
Oil paint on canvas
70 x 100 x 2 cm
2025