A refiner's fire purifies. I painted these fiery leaves with quinacredone gold and added golden highlights. Flames or leaves, they flicker with light and dance in the fire. In the hands of the God who knows the end from the beginning, beauty rises from ashes and songs come from lament. 
 
This artwork is framed with a custom frame designed by a local artisan in Kent, Ohio. It measures 19 x 25 in.