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Ember Door, Blue Glass in a Log Cabin Wall

A rustic wooden door with a glass window at the top is set in a log cabin wall. The center glass looks deep blue, with smaller green-yellow and blue panes around it. The wood is a rich orange-brown, and the whole image has a swirling, painterly texture.

Someone wants this because a plain log-cabin door has been turned into a glowing, almost liquid scene. The orange-brown wood is warm and saturated. Set into it is a deep blue glass panel with lime-yellow panes beside it, a cool jolt against all that rust and amber. Most cabin and rustic art is muted brown and green. This one has a complementary orange and blue pairing and a swirling, oil-paint finish, so it reads as rustic and still feels modern and bold. The strong verticals and horizontals of the door and logs hold the swirls in place, so it works as a vertical statement piece rather than a quiet background.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski