Kephart is pouring dried earth pigment onto this paper and letting the wind help create the design. The interaction of the elements that I’ve applied to the paper’s surface and the fire itself create entirely new effects.
　　Kephart 将干土性颜料散落在纸上，随后让微风参与创作。我在这张纸上使用的材料之间发生了反应，再加上火焰的参与，它们又创造除了一个全新的效果。

　　But the timing is crucial. And each paper needs to be removed within 30 seconds.
　　时间把控至关重要。每张纸都要在三十秒之内被取走。

　　One second can make a huge difference between a fantastic, beautiful painting, and something that just burns to nothing, and becomes ash.
　　一秒种的差距是巨大的，神奇、美丽的画作与一团灰烬只在这一秒之差。

　　Kephart says as far as he knows he is the only artist using this technique. Every painting is a surprise.
　　Kephart说，他是他所知道的唯一一个在使用这种技艺的艺术家。每一副画作都是一个惊喜。

　　He discovered the method by accident as he was getting rid of some used art paper, says Kephart in his studioThe raindrops fell on a sheet of paper, so when I set the paper on fire, the raindrops preserved these white, bright spots on this brown sheet of paper that had burned.
　　这个技艺是他烧一张用过的艺术画作时偶然发现的。Kephart在他的工作室说：“画纸上滴落了一些雨滴，所以当我点燃它后，雨滴在棕色画纸上变成了白色的亮点。”

　　He works on what he calls his unfinished paintings by drawing on them using pastels.
　　他正在用用过的蜡笔填充他所称之为未完成的画作。

　　Some of them turn into nature scenes.
　　其中一些作品展示的是自然景观。

　　I am seeing a sun with a mountain ridge in the distance, and a river or stream coming down through the center.
　　我看到的是远处山脉伴着太阳，还有一条河流或小溪从图画中间流过来。

　　Here at the Zenith Gallery in Washington, his creation sells from $1,000 to $7,500.
　　这些火焰画作在华盛顿的Zenith Gallery 出售价格在1，000美金或7，500美金。

　　Kephart’s striking paintings show that destruction can be beautiful.
　　这些令人震惊的画作告诉我们，毁灭也是美丽的。（爱语吧）