{"id":957,"date":"2025-01-24T17:55:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T17:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/?p=957"},"modified":"2026-08-05T08:36:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T08:36:48","slug":"the-love-language-of-fire-opens-feb-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/2025\/01\/24\/the-love-language-of-fire-opens-feb-7\/","title":{"rendered":"The Love Language of Fire opens Feb 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Opening February 7th<br \/><em><strong>THE LOVE LANGUAGE OF FIRE<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Visions West Contemporary<\/strong><br \/>02.07.2025 \u2013 03.14.2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"mcePastedContent\"><strong>Opening Reception: February 7th 6-8pm<\/strong><br \/>2605 Walnut Street, Denver, CO 80202<\/p>\n<p class=\"mcePastedContent\"><em>The Love Language of Fire<\/em>\u00a0examines the evolving relationship between humanity and wildfire in the forests of the western United States. Once a vital force nurturing ecosystems, wildfire has become catastrophic due to a legacy of fire suppression, poor forest management, and human-induced climate change. Yet, Osborne\u2019s work reveals the astounding resilience of these woodlands\u2014how they heal through the emergence of plant medicines and the regeneration of flora such as Aspen, Fireweed, and Lupine. These paintings serve as Osborne\u2019s attempt to reconcile the dominant Western narrative that categorizes fire as destructive, rather than restorative. Through detailed observation of burnt forests, Osborne takes on the role of apprentice to nature, presenting wildfire as an alternative remedy for ecosystems in need of healing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opening February 7thTHE LOVE LANGUAGE OF FIRE Visions West Contemporary02.07.2025 \u2013 03.14.2025 Opening Reception: February 7th 6-8pm2605 Walnut Street, Denver, CO 80202 The Love Language of Fire\u00a0examines the evolving relationship between humanity and wildfire in the forests of the western United States. Once a vital force nurturing ecosystems, wildfire has become catastrophic due to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-news"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Osborne_Erika_Benevolent-Invaders_2024_oil-on-canvas_48-x-60-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=957"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1101,"href":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions\/1101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}