Fire Fly

Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas
Size: 5ft x 5ft
Creation Date: 2023
Collection: The Pulse of Life

Fire Fly (2023) is a small explosion of joy — a painting that captures the flicker of life that moves too fast to catch but leaves an afterglow. This 36 x 36 inch mixed media work is part of The Pulse of Life Collection, and like the name suggests, it exists in flashes: of light, of memory, of pure sensation.

The canvas dances with bursts of gold, neon orange, warm pink, and sapphire, scattered across a dark, twilight-like background. Each stroke is quick, playful, and deliberate — like sparks skipping across the surface. There’s rhythm, but no symmetry. Chaos, but no confusion. The light moves how it wants to.

I created Fire Fly while chasing a feeling of aliveness — not the big, dramatic kind, but the quiet thrill of a moment when something beautiful moves past you and you almost miss it. It’s about those emotional flashes that feel like light: fast, ephemeral, illuminating.

In style and intention, this piece shares resonance with Sam Francis, particularly his joyful handling of color as energy. Like Francis, I see pigment not as decoration but as sensation — a trace of something felt before it was understood.

Fire Fly is not about fire. It’s about flicker. About presence that refuses to stay still. It doesn’t ask for attention. It grabs it, glows, and moves on.

As part of the Ephemeral Atmosphere Collection, this painting reminds us to feel what arrives in flashes — and to let it go before trying to name it.