Contemporary Abstract & Mixed Media · square

Ember Window, Glowing Orange Swirl in a Black Square

A square image made of three nested squares. At the center is an orange and red panel full of curling, swirling brushwork, surrounded by a wide black band and then a textured dark brown-red border with a bright red edge. The surface looks painterly, with visible brush texture throughout.

A square of orange-red swirls glowing inside a black window, with a smoldering brown-red frame around it. It reads like an ember seen through a dark opening, and the hard-edged nested squares are set against loose, curling brushwork. A homeowner with a dark or neutral wall who wants one warm, lit-from-within focal point can picture this straight away. Most orange and red abstracts are all warm colour and no structure. Here the black band and the frame make the colour feel contained and deliberate.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski