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Watchful Currents, Black and White Abstract Line Drawing

A square black-and-white drawing packed with curving, interlocking shapes. Concentric rings that look like eyes or teardrops sit across the top and left, a twisting central form sits in the middle, and a large pointed oval crosses the upper right. A column of rounded white beads runs down the right edge, and the signature 'Omaste '16' appears at lower right.

A dense, square black-and-white drawing that works like an optical puzzle. Rings that read as eyes or teardrops spiral across the top, a twisting mass sits at the centre, and a column of white beads runs down the right edge. It is strictly two colours with no gradients, so it sits easily next to almost any paint or furniture. Someone chooses it over other black-and-white abstracts because their eye keeps being pulled in and around the swirl. It is not a quiet pattern.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski