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Heart Window, Black and White Swirling Ribbons

A square black-and-white ink drawing made of thick, curving bands that swirl through the center. A heart-shaped opening filled with fine lines sits at the left, and an oval shape with a small black dot sits at the upper right. The edges are packed with bubble-like cells, stripes and fine parallel line patterns.

A stranger is stopped by the heart-shaped window sitting inside thick, swelling black ribbons, then finds that the heart is filled with fine hatching and that every edge holds a different pattern. It is strictly black and white, so it reads as bold graphic art from across a room. Up close it keeps giving: bubble-like cells, stripes, fan-like corner lines and a small black dot in an oval. Plenty of black-and-white abstracts are only shapes. This one has a clear focal point and a lot of fine detail to look at.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski