This original watercolor painting marks the concluding piece in my Year of the Fire Horse series, a body of work exploring transformation, instinct, and the cycles of change that shape both nature and human experience.
Painted on BFK paper, this large 22 × 30 inch work captures the moment when the journey reaches its culmination. Night returns to the sky, stepping back into the vastness from which she first emerged. Below, the Fire Horse burns with radiant light, illuminating the path and igniting the energy of the year ahead.
Throughout the series, Night and the Fire Horse move through stages of growth, discovery, and power. In this final painting, their roles become clear: Night becomes the sky itself, while the Fire Horse carries the living flame of movement and transformation forward into the world.
The composition carries a sense of both release and renewal. Luminous watercolor washes move across the paper with warmth and intensity, suggesting fire, sky, and horizon. Behind the figures, a hand-applied gold leaf moon glows as a celestial focal point, catching light and reinforcing the mythic atmosphere of the scene.
As the final work in the narrative, this painting represents completion, illumination, and the beginning of the next cycle.
Details
• Original watercolor painting
• 22 × 30 inches
• BFK paper
• Hand-applied gold leaf moon
• Unframed
• Signed original artwork
• Created in my Colorado studio
• Ships carefully packaged and protected
This original watercolor painting marks the concluding piece in my Year of the Fire Horse series, a body of work exploring transformation, instinct, and the cycles of change that shape both nature and human experience.
Painted on BFK paper, this large 22 × 30 inch work captures the moment when the journey reaches its culmination. Night returns to the sky, stepping back into the vastness from which she first emerged. Below, the Fire Horse burns with radiant light, illuminating the path and igniting the energy of the year ahead.
Throughout the series, Night and the Fire Horse move through stages of growth, discovery, and power. In this final painting, their roles become clear: Night becomes the sky itself, while the Fire Horse carries the living flame of movement and transformation forward into the world.
The composition carries a sense of both release and renewal. Luminous watercolor washes move across the paper with warmth and intensity, suggesting fire, sky, and horizon. Behind the figures, a hand-applied gold leaf moon glows as a celestial focal point, catching light and reinforcing the mythic atmosphere of the scene.
As the final work in the narrative, this painting represents completion, illumination, and the beginning of the next cycle.
Details
• Original watercolor painting
• 22 × 30 inches
• BFK paper
• Hand-applied gold leaf moon
• Unframed
• Signed original artwork
• Created in my Colorado studio
• Ships carefully packaged and protected
