Black Sun of Australia

2027 x 2875 | An expression of a hopeless traumatic realization, of being unable to escape a physical living hell surrounding her, while already living the greatest sorrow no parent should ever witness. A mother kangaroo holding her breathless burnt and suffocated baby, stops running away as opposed to other panicked kangaroos, and takes a moment to let go of hope while taking in all the pain, "freezing in a burning forest". This artwork engages with ideas of anguish, hopelessness and terror, but in the same time it combines elements of acknowledgement and sudden inner peace, though the latter can be very difficult to observe when everything externally points otherwise. In Australia, dozens of fires erupted in the year of 2019 and continued into early 2020, rapidly spreading across all AU states in an area about the size of South Korea where roughly 25.5 million acres, has burned. More than 1 billion mammals, birds, and reptiles likely lost their lives in the blazes, according to one estimate from the University of Sydney. The devastation only adds to existing pressures on Australia’s unique ecosystems. The continent is home to 244 species that are not found anywhere else. Firestorms are not new to Australia, however this season’s fires, however, are unprecedented. It’s a much earlier fire season, and the fires have gotten very big, very early. 'Black Sun of Australia' title contains a reference of the 'black sun' occult meaning, a theory on the existence of two suns where is stated that the golden sun is giving us light, energy, and warmth and its dark side (black sun) is taking it all away. Sometimes the dark one predominated which could be confirmed with eclipse making the sun appear black. People believed that eclipse brought great changes or even could lead to the end of the world. It is mentioned in myths of different ancient cultures, in John’s Revelation and in Nostradamus Predictions. The Black Sun is a well-known alchemic and occult symbol. Alchemists used this term to indicate the first phase in creation of philosopher’s stone: Nigredo or Blackness meaning the purification of the black matter, transmitting into a new state (new life), a rebirth.