2018 acrylic on canvas 609 x 1218 mm (24 x 48 inches) sold

This is a new abstract painting that I have completed during this year, and during that time the eruption of lava from Kilauea volcano in Hawaii occurred. I am interested in volcanoes, as my home city of Auckland is volcanic, and I followed that eruption closely on the USGS website. A series of cracks and fissures appeared in the Leilani estates subdivision and eventually one of them known as Fissure Eight erupted huge amounts of lava over a month or two which inundated the Kapoho Bay area, entered the sea and created new land in the southeast corner of Hawaii Island. I was watching a webcam on the USGS website when the main eruption of lava began, and watched as it rapidly expanded, glowing in the night.

This painting involved a pour-on of a liquid yellow and orange paint representing the lava from Fissure Eight in the top left quadrant pouring down towards the bottom right which roughly represents the former Kapoho Bay area. I have never been to Hawaii (yet), but I am fascinated by the volcanic action which occurs there..