Contemporary Abstract & Mixed Media · horizontal

Ribbon Blaze - Glossy Swirls in Red, Gold and Blue

A horizontal abstract made of glossy, swirling ribbons of color that look like liquid glass. Rich reds sit at the upper left and lower right, a glowing orange-yellow mass runs through the middle, and purple, magenta, blue and a patch of green fill the rest. Curls, spirals and small teardrop shapes drift across the surface, which has a fine canvas-like grain. The overall effect is bright, fluid and full of motion.

Someone wants this piece for the blaze of glossy, glass-like ribbons in red, gold, magenta and cobalt, and for how it looks lit from within. Many colorful abstracts are flat or muddy. Here the curls and teardrops have thin bright edges and translucent overlaps, so the surface looks like liquid glass poured across a fine canvas-like grain. Pure visual pleasure is reason enough to choose it: it reads as joyful, bright and in constant motion.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski