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Lit From Within, Purple Stained Glass Abstract

A symmetrical abstract pattern of stacked oval shapes outlined in thick black lines, set against a deep purple background. Each oval is filled with swirling, marbled colors in blue, green, yellow and turquoise, while orange, yellow and teal panels fill the sides. The overall look is that of a bright stained-glass window.

A stranger scrolling past a hundred purple abstracts stops here because the image looks lit from behind. A mirrored column of glowing oval cells sits inside thick black outlines on a deep purple field, and it reads like a stained-glass window. The colour is rich and varied (yellow, orange, blue, turquoise, green, magenta), but the black linework and the symmetry hold it together, so it feels designed rather than busy. Someone with a bare horizontal wall and a taste for strong colour will want it for how it looks. It needs no explanation to attract them.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski