PAINTINGS > sun-kissed

Once gently sun-kissed, the Earth now simmers under an intensified solar embrace, its climate systems straining under the heat of an altered atmosphere.

sun-kissed explores the uneasy intersection between natural beauty and environmental crisis by presenting wildfire scenes disguised as idyllic sunrises or sunsets, framed theatrically by curtains. These paintings invite viewers to question their initial perceptions, revealing how easily destruction can be mistaken for wonder when cloaked in the familiar aesthetics of landscape painting.

The curtain evokes a stage or performance, suggesting that what we often admire as sublime might be a spectacle masking deeper ecological truths. This duality is central: the way climate change disguises its devastation in the beauty of nature's palette and how easily we accept, or even admire these images without acknowledging the underlying cause — a planet in crisis.

Inspired by the hazy sunrises shaped by drifting Canadian wildfires, each painting is framed as though viewed from a window — a domestic perspective that represents both literal and psychological distance. This visual device invites the viewer to confront their own place in the climate emergency: comfortable, insulated, and perhaps complicit. The window becomes a barrier or a screen through which we witness disaster without feeling its heat. sun-kissed juxtaposes beauty and destruction, safety and threat, jolting our sense of detachment and encourages a more urgent, intimate reflection on the realities of a warming planet.

‘Wildfire Sunset and Blue Curtain (4)'
oil + acrylic on canvas
72 x 54 in (182.88 x 137.16 cm)
2025
‘Wildfire Sunset and Blue Curtain (4)'
oil + acrylic on canvas
72 x 54 in (182.88 x 137.16 cm)
2025
'Wildfire Sunset and Blue Curtain (1)'
oil + acrylic on canvas
84 x 68 in (213.36 x 172.72 cm)
2025
'Wildfire Sunset and Blue Curtain (1)'
oil + acrylic on canvas
84 x 68 in (213.36 x 172.72 cm)
2025
'Wildfire Sunset and Blue Curtain (1)'
oil + acrylic on canvas
84 x 68 in (213.36 x 172.72 cm)
2025
'Wildfire Sunrise and Blue Curtain Study'
oil + acrylic on canvas
26 x 20 in (66.04 x 50.8 cm)
2025
'Wildfire Sunrise and Blue Curtain Study'
oil + acrylic on canvas
26 x 20 in (66.04 x 50.8 cm)
2025
'Wildfire Sunrise Behind Sheer Curtain (1)'
acrylic on canvas
20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
2025
'Wildfire Sunrise Behind Sheer Curtain (1)'
acrylic on canvas
20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
2025
'Wildfire Sunrise Behind Sheer Curtain (2)'
acrylic on canvas
20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
2025
'Wildfire Sunrise Behind Sheer Curtain (2)'
acrylic on canvas
20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
2025
'Wildfire Sunset and Blue Curtain Study'
oil + acrylic on canvas
20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
2025
'Wildfire Sunset and Blue Curtain Study'
oil + acrylic on canvas
20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
2025
‘Wildfire Sunrise Behind Sheer Curtain (3)’
acrylic on canvas
30 x 26 in (76.2 x 66.04 cm)
2025
‘Wildfire Sunrise Behind Sheer Curtain (3)’
acrylic on canvas
30 x 26 in (76.2 x 66.04 cm)
2025
‘Wildfire Sunset and Blue Curtain (3)’
oil + acrylic on canvas
42 x 34 in (106.68 x 86.36 cm)
2025
‘Wildfire Sunset and Blue Curtain (3)’
oil + acrylic on canvas
42 x 34 in (106.68 x 86.36 cm)
2025
‘Wildfire Sunrise Behind Sheer Curtain (4)’
acrylic on canvas
32 x 26 in (81.28 x 66.04 cm)
2025
‘Wildfire Sunrise Behind Sheer Curtain (4)’
acrylic on canvas
32 x 26 in (81.28 x 66.04 cm)
2025
'Stage Curtain During Sunset'
oil on canvas
52 x 32 in (132.08 x 81.28 cm)
2025
'Stage Curtain During Sunset'
oil on canvas
52 x 32 in (132.08 x 81.28 cm)
2025
'Red Sun (Wildfire Sunset Behind Sheer Curtain)'
acrylic on canvas
14 x 10 in (35.56 x 25.40 cm)
2025
'Red Sun (Wildfire Sunset Behind Sheer Curtain)'
acrylic on canvas
14 x 10 in (35.56 x 25.40 cm)
2025
‘Wildfire Sunrise and Blue Curtain (2)’
oil + acrylic on canvas
72 x 54 in (182.88 x 137.16 cm)
2025
‘Wildfire Sunrise and Blue Curtain (2)’
oil + acrylic on canvas
72 x 54 in (182.88 x 137.16 cm)
2025
'Wildfire Sunset Behind Sheer Curtain (5),' study
acrylic on canvas
32 x 26 in (81.28 x 66.04 cm)
2025
'Wildfire Sunset Behind Sheer Curtain (5),' study
acrylic on canvas
32 x 26 in (81.28 x 66.04 cm)
2025
‘Mountain Sunset and White Curtain’
oil on canvas
48 x 28 in. (121.92 x 71.12 cm)
2025
‘Mountain Sunset and White Curtain’
oil on canvas
48 x 28 in. (121.92 x 71.12 cm)
2025
'Summer Evening with Floral Curtain'
oil + acrylic on canvas
20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.64 cm)
2025
First Sun and Blue Curtain, study
oil + acrylic on panel
8 x 10 in (20.32 x 25.4 cm)
2024
First Sun and Blue Curtain, study
oil + acrylic on panel
8 x 10 in (20.32 x 25.4 cm)
2024
'Stage Curtain During Sunset,' study
oil on panel
8 x 10 in (20.32 x 25.4 cm)
2025
First Sun and Open Blue Curtain
oil + acrylic on panel
8 x 10 in./9 ⅜ x 11 ⅜ in. framed (20.32 x 25.4 cm/23.81 x 28.89 cm framed)
2025
First Sun (Vertical)
graphite on paper
7 x 5 in./20 x 20 in. framed (17.78 x 12.7 cm/50.8 x 50.8 cm framed)
2025
First Sun (Horizontal)
graphite on paper
5 x 7 in./20 x 20 in. framed (12.7 x 17.78 cm/50.8 x 50.8 cm framed)
2025