Abstract Art, Abstract Art on Canvas, Contemporary Abstract Painting

Abstract Art, Abstract Art on Canvas, Contemporary Abstract Painting petesoriginalart.com FIRE UP YOUR IMAGINATION WITH FIRE ART Fire art is a remarkable mélange of media conformed by the simple act of combustion: blacksmithing, glassblowing, metal casting, welding and the purely artistic freeform display of fire sculpture. When we think of fire art, we naturally consider practicalities and think of an outdoor spectacle, perhaps on the Fourth of July or other jubilant holiday, something with a demonstration of fire art on a grand scale. Its true, the nature of fire makes us remember happy camping trips and the way that fire played the role of ending the long days filled with outdoor activities. When we roasted wieners over the open flames, all sorts of primal memories stirred, that of camaraderie between clan members as they roasted the results of that days hunt, or moving along in history, the bonfires of a nineteenth-century American election night. Outsized emotions grow from any display of fire and a fire festival such as the Crucible in West Oakland, California, has entranced audiences for ten years. Growing from a simpler festival having to do with the straightforward uses of fire in artistic endeavor, it now encompasses the disciplines of dance and opera to enthrall the people who attend each July. Even the science fiction aspect of fire art comes into play, as a Tesla coil has been used in the festival, and each observer took away with him the frazzling snaps of …