by Tom Ashbourne SSC SCA OSA

Artwork Description

Maui on Fire

15.0 x 15.0 inches

“Maui on Fire” is my memorial remembrance of people and all that they lost in the 2023 wildfires. Images of beautiful and historic Lahaina look like a war zone. Nothing was spared from nature’s most destructive, dangerous, and indiscriminate force. The ghostly hand is for the people who lost their lives. Four wells are not enough to draw water from the aquifer beneath the burning earth. The red building is losing its battle for survival as the red pitchfork, the wildfire, is driven mad by hurricane force winds. Serene blue is the ocean that surrounds this tropical paradise. Maui on Fire is a reminder of just how fragile and powerless we are before an enraged Mother Nature. We must protect our earth to protect humankind.

Artwork Details

Medium: Sculpture Various Materials

Genre: Expressionism