Contemporary Abstract & Mixed Media · horizontal

Mirrored Embers, Symmetrical Orange and Red Abstract

A horizontal abstract in saturated yellow, orange and red, with fluid, wavy shapes mirrored across a central vertical line. Small curled forms near the middle look like abstract faces or masks. A thin dark border frames the whole image.

Someone wants this piece over others in the same broad category because the mirror symmetry does something unexpected. The swirling orange and red shapes line up on either side of a glowing yellow center and start to read as faces, masks or totems. It is saturated and warm, but ordered and calm at the middle. A stranger is stopped first by the colour, then keeps looking to work out what the figures are. That response is theirs to have, and it comes from the image alone.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski