This painting depicts the consolidation of my fantasies during the drought and pandemic 2020-2021. I wanted to do something that combines two different fantasies for me: the guarantee of downpour (or any precipitation) to relieve my home state of this megadrought and the guarantee that such a thing as lasting love between two men can come to pass.
I have come to refer to good, desirable men as "deluge", "almighty downpour", "rain of the seven storms", and other terms in deference to how precious that water (and a good mate) is; many terms of endearment are based on goods that are rare or dear (expensive) and therefore more precious, as in "my treasure" or "dearest".
All of which culminates with this painting of this reunited water and earth elemental couple reunited with the autumn rain. Their pose is meant to evoke the likes of Perseus and Andromeda of Greek mythology or similar rescue romances. The natural world is rich with evocative, inspirational imagery. Imagining elementals as couples is just one way that I try to encourage climate action, anything that raises awareness of global warming because we really need to address the climate crises that face us.
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