Description

The Fire of Vesta (Icon CX-08)

Part of Mediterranean Icons, this work centres on a solitary, elongated figure draped in red, evoking the sacred presence of Vesta, guardian of the hearth and keeper of the inner flame. Surrounded by compartments filled with fragmented faces and shifting silhouettes, the composition recalls the structure of ancient votive panels while transforming it through an expressionist, contemporary language. The warm golden field behind the figure suggests an inner fire rather than a literal one, a source of quiet intensity and renewal. These emerging movements evoke the idea of devotion as something intimate and mutable, a flame that persists through memory, transformation, and the fragile contours of the human spirit.