About the artist
Helen Garrett’s paintings explore the eternal themes of love, fate and transience. ‘It is the mystery of life that inspires me as a painter.’ Find out more
I am nine years old
and I can see flames ahead.
Shall I walk through them
and be consumed?
Or shall I use their light
to guide me past, toward the unknown future?
And then?
A lifetime’s alchemy
finally turning into gold?