Contemporary Abstract & Mixed Media · panoramic vertical

Flicker, Painterly Fire on Burning Logs

A tall, narrow image of a fire burning on logs, with a white and yellow flame shooting upward and glowing orange embers below. The whole scene has a thick, swirled paint-like texture, and the dark brown and black background is filled with looping curved shapes.

Fire is a subject people recognise at once, but here it is treated as liquid oil paint. A white-hot flame sits at the centre of a dark, marbled field of looping swirls. Most fire images are literal and orange. This one is painterly, high in contrast and tall, so it can hold a narrow wall and give a room a single point of warm light. Someone who wants fire, warmth and drama without a literal fireplace photo would stop at it.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski