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Radiances

Six Realms Beneath the Visible
Six Realms Beneath the Visible is a cycle of paintings that opens onto a hidden cosmology — a world where colour behaves like spirit, where lines wander with intention, and where forms hover between apparition and force. Each work reveals a different chamber within this interior mythic landscape: the awakening of ancient fire, the gathering of light, the movement of messengers, the tracing of unseen currents, the guardianship of a verdant threshold, and the deep pulse that speaks through red air.
Across the series, the paintings hold a sense of presence rather than depiction. They suggest energies older than memory, quiet intelligences that shape growth and transformation, and the subtle architecture that underlies all living things. Together, they form a contemplative journey — six portals into realms that exist beneath the surface of the visible world.

All the pieces in this series are in oil on cradled boards, 5cm deep

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A flare of primordial heat begins to take form, rising through red and orange air.

when flame learned a name

Warm illumination concentrates at the centre, held in a moment of quiet ignition.

Sanctury of gathering light

Fine, wandering filaments carry small red signals across a shifting violet field

Rhapsody of purple

A lone golden current drifts through blue depths, tracing the will of an unseen force.

the line that listens to water

Two luminous presences hover in green radiance, guardians of a breathing threshold.

the twin lanterns

A deep, suspended form sends out tendrils of intention into glowing red air.

the red realms awakening

hello September by ashar

hello September

silver thread by ashar

rimmed and circled by a silver thread

green light by ashar

that green light that lingers in the west

gold over them hills by ashar

theres gold over them there hills

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