Portrait & Human Form: Floor 1. Group Exhibition.Mandy Jayne Ahlfors, Bob Bernard, Rob Chapman, Denise Cliffen, Helen JS Edwards, Tarnia Magee, Alice Miles, Liz Wellby.
Forthcoming exhibition
5 - 26 August 2026
Winter Solstice: The Birth of a New Dawn, 2017
Acrylics and Gold Mica Flakes — Mixed Media on Canvas
91.44 x 91.44
Lower Right
Copyright The Artist
As the longest night of the year gives way to the first light of day, the world awakens with a quietpromise of renewal. Standing at the threshold of dawn, the...
As the longest night of the year gives way to the first light of day, the world awakens with a quietpromise of renewal. Standing at the threshold of dawn, the ethereal figure known as WinterSolstice emerges from the darkness — her presence a delicate balance between night and day,death and rebirth.Her skin is pale as the first snow, a canvas kissed by the glow of the rising sun. Her eyes,shimmering with the sparkle of gold mica, reflect the soft light of a new dawn — holding thesecrets of the ancient earth and the wisdom of countless winters passed.Crowning her head, a wreath of Moonflowers blooms, each delicate petal a symbol of purity andthe fleeting beauty of life. Her lips, coated in glistening gold, part slightly as she breathes in thecrisp morning air. A single drop of deep crimson trails from her lips — a reminder of the hardshipsendured, yet also a testament to the resilience of life that persists despite them.She stands at the edge of two worlds — the keeper of the night and the herald of the new day. The embodiment of the earth's eternal cycle of death and rebirth.
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