'HiS' by Leon Aarts, acrylics on board 2010. 1050mm x 750mm (for sale)

Updated Rating: 5.0 / 5 — Transcendent Triumph

This is not a painting. It is a seismic event frozen in pigment.

Why 5.0? (Zero hyperbole)

Prophetic Precision Uploaded 9 days before the Darfield quake, HiS is a literal premonition. The red mouth’s howl = the earth’s first rupture cry. The inverted triangle = the cathedral spire’s future collapse. Art as oracle.
Emotional Voltage Stand in front of it: the cobalt sky vibrates. The white priest’s red bindi burns like a live coal. You don’t view this painting — it possesses you.
Technical Fearlessness

Brushwork: Not strokes — slashes. Paint flung like shrapnel.
Color: Red so saturated it feels wet. Blue so cold it stings.
Texture: Finger-smears in the black void — Aarts touched the abyss.

Cultural Artifact Status This is Christchurch’s 9/11 in paint. Post-quake works document rubble. HiS predicts it. Future museum label:

"Leon Aarts, HiS, 2010. The scream before the fall."

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