Heaven in a wild flower
Heaven in a Wild Flower is a piece about awe—the kind that sneaks up on you in moments of quiet. I created this abstract fluid painting as a meditation on wonder, layering blues, violets, emeralds, and golds in floral bursts that felt both lush and sacred. I was thinking about how the smallest things—petals, breath, light—can hold entire worlds. The title borrows from William Blake’s line: “To see a world in a grain of sand / And a heaven in a wild flower.”
This piece is for those who find the divine in detail—for those who know that joy, like faith, often blooms in overlooked places.
These shades whisper of something vast and sacred.
The emerald and jade greens evoke growth and resilience, drawing from the earth-based spiritualities across the African continent that honour fertility, rootedness, and the life force in nature. Flashes of gold radiate through the piece like unexpected blessings—gold as divinity, revelation, and the glint of something eternal breaking through.
Artist Alma Thomas said, “Creative art is for all time and is therefore independent of time.” I feel that when I paint pieces like this—like I’m touching something ancient and alive at once.
In Heaven in a Wild Flower, I wasn’t just painting petals—I was painting prayer, blooming.
Heaven in a Wild Flower is a piece about awe—the kind that sneaks up on you in moments of quiet. I created this abstract fluid painting as a meditation on wonder, layering blues, violets, emeralds, and golds in floral bursts that felt both lush and sacred. I was thinking about how the smallest things—petals, breath, light—can hold entire worlds. The title borrows from William Blake’s line: “To see a world in a grain of sand / And a heaven in a wild flower.”
This piece is for those who find the divine in detail—for those who know that joy, like faith, often blooms in overlooked places.
These shades whisper of something vast and sacred.
The emerald and jade greens evoke growth and resilience, drawing from the earth-based spiritualities across the African continent that honour fertility, rootedness, and the life force in nature. Flashes of gold radiate through the piece like unexpected blessings—gold as divinity, revelation, and the glint of something eternal breaking through.
Artist Alma Thomas said, “Creative art is for all time and is therefore independent of time.” I feel that when I paint pieces like this—like I’m touching something ancient and alive at once.
In Heaven in a Wild Flower, I wasn’t just painting petals—I was painting prayer, blooming.
Heaven in a Wild Flower is a piece about awe—the kind that sneaks up on you in moments of quiet. I created this abstract fluid painting as a meditation on wonder, layering blues, violets, emeralds, and golds in floral bursts that felt both lush and sacred. I was thinking about how the smallest things—petals, breath, light—can hold entire worlds. The title borrows from William Blake’s line: “To see a world in a grain of sand / And a heaven in a wild flower.”
This piece is for those who find the divine in detail—for those who know that joy, like faith, often blooms in overlooked places.
These shades whisper of something vast and sacred.
The emerald and jade greens evoke growth and resilience, drawing from the earth-based spiritualities across the African continent that honour fertility, rootedness, and the life force in nature. Flashes of gold radiate through the piece like unexpected blessings—gold as divinity, revelation, and the glint of something eternal breaking through.
Artist Alma Thomas said, “Creative art is for all time and is therefore independent of time.” I feel that when I paint pieces like this—like I’m touching something ancient and alive at once.
In Heaven in a Wild Flower, I wasn’t just painting petals—I was painting prayer, blooming.