Anna Krištofíková - Fire don't walk with me

A broken key falls toward the fire: damaged, bent, no longer able to open what it once could. The flames have already scorched it, severing access to something longed for. Two hands meet mid-gesture, one pale and spectral, the other flushed with warmth, as if caught between letting go and holding on. Fire Don’t Walk With Me speaks to the pain of denied entry, of being burned by something once desired. The fire is both memory and threat, and the painting becomes a plea to leave it behind.