Original Acrylic Painting by Bristol-Based Artist Chris Shopland
8 x 8 inch canvas
Time — A Conduit for Change is a deeply personal exploration of reflection, growth, and the shifting seasons of a life. As I approach my 39th year and the close of 2025, I’ve found myself—as I do at the end of every year—wondering what it all truly means. What is it all about? Art gives me that meaning as many things do.
This piece emerged from a vivid image I’ve carried for some time: an older figure, not necessarily myself, gazing back over the landscape of their life, held within a burning heart. The flame represents both passion and impermanence, while the heart becomes a vessel for memory, transformation, and the passage of time, as well as showing the older figure has compassion.
Painted in acrylic on an 8 x 8 inch canvas, the artwork invites the viewer to pause and reflect on their own journey—past, present, and the chapters still unwritten. While being a striking image.
Original Acrylic Painting by Bristol-Based Artist Chris Shopland
8 x 8 inch canvas
Time — A Conduit for Change is a deeply personal exploration of reflection, growth, and the shifting seasons of a life. As I approach my 39th year and the close of 2025, I’ve found myself—as I do at the end of every year—wondering what it all truly means. What is it all about? Art gives me that meaning as many things do.
This piece emerged from a vivid image I’ve carried for some time: an older figure, not necessarily myself, gazing back over the landscape of their life, held within a burning heart. The flame represents both passion and impermanence, while the heart becomes a vessel for memory, transformation, and the passage of time, as well as showing the older figure has compassion.
Painted in acrylic on an 8 x 8 inch canvas, the artwork invites the viewer to pause and reflect on their own journey—past, present, and the chapters still unwritten. While being a striking image.
