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Jacqueline J Jones: ‘The Woman Who Lights Her Own Fire Is Free’

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Measures 48 x 46 cms
It is acrylics on canvas.
It depicts two women in a rural setting.
One is lighting a fire, the other has a cage on
her head and is ascending on top of a building.
The painting consists of bright viridian green
to the left, the rest is a cool green. A luminous
pink sun at the top on the left. A tree of lilac
in the centre, two baskets at the bottom,
and above a mountain range in purple at
the back against an indian yellow mustard
sky.

Jacqueline Jones 2022

The Woman Who Lights Her Fire is Free depicts how one woman wishes to ascend but the cage is around her mind. The other is free, having found the spark. The caged woman is drawn to the fire. She seeks out its healing force.

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