PERIERE DE PUMICITE SAUVAGE

Medium & Technique:

“Schlossing” – Water painting without water, created on a recycled laminated building sheet, strengthened and waterproofed for permanence.
This technique involves pouring, finger-painting, and using gravity to guide thick liquid poster paints. Layers are sun-baked for texture and contrast, then sealed with multiple coats of automotive clear acrylic lacquer to ensure longevity. The process results in a multi-layered vision — in this case, ten separate paintings transcending into one final expression.

“Périère de Pumicite Sauvage” (Wild Pumicestone) is a subconscious vision of Mother Nature observed through the artist’s imagination while witnessing an electrical storm over the Wild Pumicestone Passage at Bribie Island, Australia.

In this vision, Mother Nature reclines gracefully among the vines and roses, enjoying the serenity of a red wine or two as yachts race across the water, seeking refuge from the approaching storm. Suddenly, a powerful lightning bolt from the heavens strikes her — piercing her elegant, natural form and revealing a breathtaking view across the turbulent passage.

Rather than destroy her, the lightning recharges her spirit. She becomes one with the storm, renewed in energy and peace, as the storm subsides and the yachts retreat to safety.

This painting captures the duality of nature — her calm and her chaos, her vulnerability and her strength — as seen through the primal forces of sky, sea, and earth.