New Painting: Refuge from the Street

My newest work is entitled Refuge from the Street. I will be showing this painting  (48"x52"), at the Filmapalooza & Artwalk, Thursday, April 5th 2018 at the Prince of Wales Armouries Heritage Centre (10440 - 108 Street, Edmonton, Alberta) 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. I'm looking forward to it!

The street kid standing in the foreground is wearing a purple jacket which has been transformed from its former black colour. The transformation is due to an angelic stream of purple, the source of which is the female figure on the left side of the painting. The purple represents hope, amidst the consuming darkness of his current reality. The tinges of yellow which mingle with the purple is the colour the jacket will become once his transformation is complete; finally hope becomes his new reality and he finds refuge from the street.