'Four Fires' - Acrylic on Canvas - by Jorandi Kisiku Joseph Randolph Bowers

'Four Fires' - Acrylic on Canvas - by Jorandi Kisiku Joseph Randolph BowersA work of profound spiritual power, 'Four Fires' depicts a sacred scene from Mikmaw cosmology. Four fires emerge from four wigwams, where four shamans work at the four winds to protect and uphold the cosmic order, bringing strength, health, vision, and comfort to all. Collection: Legacy Collection Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 50 60 1. 6 cm (19. 6 23. 6 0. 6 in) Year: 2016 Provenance: Includes a complimentary copy of a publication detailing the

A work of profound spiritual power, 'Four Fires' depicts a sacred scene from Mi’kmaw cosmology. Four fires emerge from four wigwams, where four shamans work at the four winds to protect and uphold the cosmic order, bringing strength, health, vision, and comfort to all.

Collection: Legacy Collection
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 50 × 60 × 1.6 cm (19.6 × 23.6 × 0.6 in)
Year: 2016
Provenance: Includes a complimentary copy of a publication detailing the work's exhibition history.

Story & Narrative Significance

This very sacred painting offers a view into the private world of the Medicine People as they stand in vigil for the world. In Mi’kmaw cosmology, the Four Fires represent the Gateways of the Powers, often called the Sacred Doors and Directions. The teaching reveals the richness of kinship-based responsibility that contributes to the flow of creation and evolution. The fires themselves depict how people of heart can communicate across vast distances, sharing intuitive sight, power, and wisdom—a concept that modern science is only now beginning to observe as quantum realities and resonance. The custodianship of this painting is a participation in this sacred work, a way of carrying this important cultural memory forward.