Phoenix Rising is a five-year alchemical work.
She was conceived during lockdown as a memory of freedom : of dancing, joy, and movement when the world stood still. At the time, I did not know what she would become. I only knew she was not finished.
Over the years, she evolved. Shifted. Burned away what no longer fit.
Completed in the year of the Fire Horse, 2026, she now stands fully embodied — a woman in her own truth, in her own power.
Phoenix Rising is not simply a figure in flames. She is desire without apology. She is movement without permission. She is the woman who has walked through fire and chose herself again.
Her dress is fire.
Her heart the ember
that would not go out.
This is a one-of-one original.
She is for the collector who understands transformation not as destruction — but as becoming.
100 x 63cm
mixed media on canvas board
sold unframed
Signed by the Artist
©Bridget Credland Dey
2026
