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stephen linsteadt

Basins No. 10, oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm, 2026

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This painting became a way for me to reimagine the myth of the Fountain of Life as something generated from within rather than discovered elsewhere, using the stacked, flowing forms to echo the body’s own architecture and its capacity for renewal. The intertwined figures and the vibrant, shifting colors surrounding them reflect the emotional and spiritual layers that animate our physical selves—curiosity, imagination, and the ongoing willingness to transform. The streams of water cascading from the sculptural forms suggest the release of what weighs us down, inviting a freer movement of energy through the body. In this piece, the fountain becomes a living spine, and the spine becomes a symbol of rebirth, reminding me that rejuvenation is not a mythical destination but an internal alignment of body, mind, and spirit.

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