glorian

150 × 200 cm (2026)

flashe, acrylic and graphite on canvas

This painting evolved through three distinct incarnations before finding its final form — a process that mirrors its deepest theme: trusting the unknown.

The first iteration emerged after a visit to the cave on La Sainte Baume, Provence, where Mary Magdalene is said to have spent her final years, levitated each evening into ecstasy by angels.

A second incarnation followed, alive with dragons and the energy of the Year of the Fire Horse.

Neither felt like they were mine, but they needed to become what they were in order to become the layered essence of the final piece.

So I returned — as always, with no agenda, allowing my body to be the conduit — and she arrived: a glorian. The title comes from Terry Tempest Williams' novel The Glorians, which accompanied the painting's final days.

Built up through layers of woody pastels, aquarelle graphite, holy water and vinyl paint, each revision lives on beneath the surface. Happy accidents and painted-over mistakes co-create the whole — much like life itself: a multitude of simple, magnificent and epic, every day miracles.

progress photos below