Polar Night Energy, 2023

18"x24" acrylic and oil on textured gesso, on canvas, framed. A company from Finland has invented a sand battery that stores energy in the form of heat…. Sooooo when I read of environmental solutions my heart swoons with hope for climate sustainability. (Ummm… Fission news recently 🙀💯) So I’m trying to paint pictures of some of these hopeful subject matter with the archetypal characters that glom on to my visual meditation… from consciousness and the other dimension 😬☺️… Scientific ideas materializing for future peace ☮️ is a darn juicy vein/artery of reality 🙏❤️. More about the battery though… because it’s fascinating: Sand is the storage medium, which leads to safe operation and a natural balance in the storage cycle. Sand is a cheap and abundant material, which can be heated up to 1000 °C and even higher…