Krista Bursey FIREBALLZ, 2026 Ink on paper8 x 4 inches We're Blooming : Painting Inspired Flash Series We're Blooming is a collection of flash artworks exploring the relationship between beauty and resilience through colour, form, and transformation. Bright florals, luminous gradients, sharp edges, and thorn-like structures weave throughout the series, creating a visual language that celebrates both softness and strength. Each piece inhabits the space between blooming and becoming, embracing the complexity of growth in all its forms. Drawing from my background in oil painting and airbrush techniques, the series explores colour as both atmosphere and emotion, using luminous gradients and saturated hues to create forms that feel simultaneously delicate, bold, and alive. About the Artwork Fireballz explores the tension between radiance and intensity. A luminous orb streaks across the composition like a comet in motion, trailing vibrant ribbons of electric pink that feel simultaneously floral, atmospheric, and alive. Saturated pinks collide with reflective greens and deep shadows, creating a visual experience that feels both playful and confrontational. The flowing forms evoke petals, flames, and movement, while the bold contrasts introduce a sharper edge—suggesting that beauty and power are rarely separate forces. Available in either full colour or black and grey, Fireballz captures the energy of a bloom set in motion—vibrant, unapologetic, and impossible to ignore.