Pele Original Art by Nicola Bird
Pele is the Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanoes. She calls to those who feel something stirring beneath the surface and are ready to let an old way of life give way to something new.
Pele is the Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes and fire. She brings the force of conviction, the point at which you care enough about something to make a change, even when it will disrupt a life you’ve worked hard to build. There’s creative power in that fire. Pele gives you the courage to act on what matters to you and to begin again on the ground that opens up.
Each goddess takes her turn to enter my soul and find her way onto my canvas. Click 'NOTIFY ME' if you'd like to be emailed when she arrives.
about the artist
Nicola Bird
I didn't pick up a paintbrush until I was 52, shortly before my mother died. It felt as though she handed me her torch, and I've been painting ever since.
Before that, I built businesses, wrote books, raised a family and spent years helping people navigate change. My paintings come from all of it: the joy, the grief, the menopause, the reinvention, the particular ache of the in-between.
I paint instinctively. Music on, paint down, following the feeling rather than a plan. I want my work to hit you in the gut, change the way you breathe, and create that unmistakable moment when you look at a painting and know, without question: she's mine.
My collectors tend to be women at midlife and beyond who have lived enough to recognise something in the work. They don't choose a painting because it matches the sofa. They choose it because they've been through the fires of midlife and a part of them wants to be reclaimed.
