Rising

This painting captures the rebirth of the soul — a phoenix emerging from the ashes of its former self. It is a visual hymn to transformation, showing the moment when destruction becomes creation, when pain gives way to power, and when the spirit remembers its own divinity. The swirling golden and amber tones at the base represent the ashes — remnants of the past self, charred yet fertile with potential. From this molten center, energy spirals upward, forming a luminous figure that bursts with light and motion. The layered flames seem to breathe, as if the fire itself has consciousness — both destroyer and creator. At the top, softer blends of white, peach, and gold resemble wings or divine energy unfurling — the new self being born, illuminated and free. The symmetry evokes balance — the sacred meeting between death and rebirth, destruction and transcendence. The central form, resembling both a womb and a flame, reinforces that creation and rebirth are inseparable. The phoenix is not merely reborn — it is rebirthed through itself. The old form becomes the fuel for the new. This painting is not about escape from the ashes but alchemizing them — transforming suffering into strength, endings into evolution, and darkness into radiant flight. It is the spirit’s declaration: “I am not what burned — I am what rose.”