It’s getting hot

Acrylics on canvas 95 x 95 cm.

I was inspired to do this painting thinking about the experience of eating chilies, visually appealing, colourful and shiny. Once you take the first bite, the chili reveals all the flavours and slowly your mouth start to experience the spicy kick –there is no way back– all of a sudden your body is completely immersed in the experience of being literally "burned", enjoyable for some, painful for others. I find the analogy to climate change very striking, while some enjoy a hot summer in the pool or the beach, many are struggling with the unbearable heat under extreme circumstances.