Original paintings · living experiences

Between
Here &
Home

The canvas speaks first. The experience carries its voice beyond the frame.

Enter Beyond the Canvas
Fire Within, an original painting by Lee Ghilain
Why the work keeps moving
“I don’t want to show you my memories. I want to awaken yours.”

My paintings begin with color, movement, prayer and the search for home. Some ask to travel farther—into sound, warmth, scent, light and the memories a visitor brings with them.

Beyond the Canvas · Experience 01

Fire
Within

A quiet room. A living ember. Your presence wakes the painting.

What is still burning inside you?

The physical installation

The painting remains the source.

Fire Within
Acrylic on canvas · 36 × 36 inches · 2026

Sound

Natural crackling fire, close and intimate.

Scent

A restrained trace of wild wood and ember—never heavy smoke.

Warmth

Gentle heat meets the body before the mind names it.

Response

Light and marks awaken around each visitor’s one-word offering.

From screen to space

A prototype
built to grow.

Prototype 01 · Working study

This digital experience tests emotion, pacing, sound, movement and participation before the work expands into exhibition-scale technology.

01

Digital prototype

A living study visitors can enter from a screen. It establishes the work’s emotional and interactive language.

02

Responsive wall

The original painting remains physically present while projected marks, sound and light respond around it.

03

Immersive environment

A full sensory space shaped by fire, air, warmth, scent and each visitor’s one-word contribution.

The next phase is designed for collaboration with curators, museums and specialists in projection, spatial sound, responsive light and installation fabrication.

An expanding body of work

One painting opens
the door to another.

Where Strawberries Remember

Kitchen warmth, strawberries, yeast rolls and the feeling that you have come home.

Experience 02 · Developing

Rolling Tides

Fishing lines, water against the boat, family photographs and island memory.

Experience 03 · Developing

Carry Home

A translucent house, gathering feathers and messages carried inside.

Installation · Developing