Yellow Sun 2

This homage to the sun aims to capture the significance of its power and dazzling brightness to life on Earth - a natural phenomenon that shapes our very existence, and which has been worshipped in one way or another throughout the ages. The use of 24K gold leaf is not only symbolic, inasmuch as one of humankind's most precious metals is, historically, an apt representation of one of our most precious life-forces, but it also serves to capture and reflect light in the painting, adding to the vibrancy of the image and introducing ever-shifting shimmers of brightness. Similarly, the addition of the other two complimentary colours to the various shades of yellow - the lines of red and blue - sharpen the contrast significantly and also make the gold leaf 'pop' in an even more striking manner than it otherwise would. To me, the geometrical overlays suggest that the sun is possibly being viewed through a man-made infrastructure, such as the corner of a window, a beam, or a portion of lattice, perhaps ... but that's where the viewer's imagination takes over.