It is the very nature of a staircase to keep one moving, be it to heights unforeseen or to the bottom yet unexplored. Architecturally, stairs were conceptualized in nature itself with ridges on hills and cliffs being used by early humans to climb and explore inaccessible terrain. The highly intuitive design of the modern-day staircase merges the formations found in nature with our inherited ability to climb, as if to serve as a bridge between mother nature and humankind.  The symbolic significance of stairs is one that we have seen exceedingly in all art forms, representing progress, journey and growth. It is a motif that immediately catches one’s eye with its simplicity in design yet complexity in meaning.

In this oeuvre, we see fragments of a staircase unaware of from where they begin or where they lead to. The celestial background, swirling in shades of purple, evokes a sense of immense height and the vastness of space. The staircase is framed within the recognizable pattern of vivid floral colours and imagery which appears even more intricate in contrast to the simplicity of the primary subject of the painting. As our attention is drawn to the staircase, we are engrossed by all the possibilities that it represents and where the stairs of our lives can lead us: To success? To happiness? Or to heights beyond our imagination?

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