This painting is based on a true story.
I wanted to represent the contrast between the spectacle of nature, a wild, violent, and merciless nature, and a distracted, passive man, lulled by technology.
The contrast between the warm and cold tones of the painting is symbolic of a reality that is increasingly indifferent to natural, physical and energetic elements, and increasingly subjugated to technological futility.
The flames shooting up towards the sky vs. the boy bent over his smartphone.
A fire that screams at us vs. a boy who looks neither behind him nor in front of him.
In reality, the boy threw a burning car battery over the wall, unintentionally starting a fire, and at the moment the photograph was taken, he was calmly calling the fire department.
