Louise Foletta
Night of Fire: Marysville, 2009
watercolour on paper
Collection of the artist
After the fire front had passed the burnt land flickered glowing red for much of the night.
Night of the Fire, Marysville
watercolour on paper
I couldn’t understand how this was so as some of the red flickering objects such as the TV transmission tower seemed to burn all night; I later discovered it was the reflection of the fires. With this in mind and with the repeating images of crushed and crinkled burnt roofing iron I painted this hell like version of the fire in Marysville that night.