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Ember and Tide, Glowing Red and Blue Abstract

A close-up abstract image in saturated red, blue and aqua green. A red area with golden flecks fills the top, while a pale green wedge with soft swirls points down at left of center. A large blue area with pale speckles fills the lower half, separated from the red and green by a glowing, light-colored diagonal edge. The surfaces look glassy and translucent, and a small round bubble-like spot sits near the tip of the green shape.

A stranger stops on this for the collision of hot red and cool blue, with a pale glowing edge between them. It looks lit from within, and a single small round spot sits like a held breath near the tip of the green wedge. It is not a pattern or a generic colour field. It has a clear top-and-bottom split, an angled edge that carries the eye across, and surface detail (flecks, speckles, faint veins) that rewards stepping closer. Someone with a settled room and a blank wall who wants one strong colour statement would want this over ten other red-and-blue abstracts, because its colours meet at a glowing edge instead of just sitting side by side.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski