Candle and Wind

About this artwork

Candle and Wind explores the delicate tension between persistence and surrender. The golden flame rises against sweeping grey currents, symbolising the human spirit’s struggle to remain luminous amid the winds of change. Lao Tzu's wisdom breathes through this contrast — that true strength is found not in resistance but in graceful yielding. The impasto texture evokes movement and breath, transforming the act of burning into a meditation on impermanence. Desire flickers, detachment steadies; toge...