Medium: Mixed media on paper
Size: 18" x 12"
Year: 2004
With a vivid sense of surrealism and elemental abstraction, Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire captures the harmony and tension of natural forces in an imaginative visual symphony. Executed in mixed media on paper, this 2004 work by Markham pulses with color, motion, and symbolic energy.
Rolling green hills anchor the composition in a calm foreground, giving way to a dynamic body of water filled with ambiguous organic forms. Beyond, a jagged red cliff punctuated by vertical lines evokes fire and earth simultaneously—its fractured geometry suggesting tectonic upheaval or charred remnants. Overhead, windswept clouds swirl in a purple-blue sky, one of which transforms into a skeletal, creature-like presence, hinting at the mythic or spiritual layers beneath the surface.
The piece measures 18" x 12" and is presented in like new condition. It comes professionally framed with a mat, wired and ready to hang. A certificate of authenticity, hand-signed by the artist, is included to verify its originality and value.
A rich exploration of environmental elements through the lens of symbolic abstraction, Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire is a striking example of Markham’s early 2000s mixed media experimentation—an ideal acquisition for collectors of surreal landscape, symbolic, or visionary art.
