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Lantern Totems, Mirrored Abstract in Purple and Yellow

Vertical bands of blue, yellow-green, golden yellow and deep purple repeat across the image in a mirrored pattern. Glowing orange ovals sit in the purple panels, and the blue columns have wavy edges, small bright dots and chevron shapes. The surface looks glossy and translucent, with fine ripples.

A stranger scrolling past would stop for the colour and the glow: deep purple and golden yellow with orange ovals that look lit from behind. Because the mirroring is strict, the pattern feels ordered, but the rippled blue columns keep it from feeling stiff. Then they notice that the columns read like little totem figures with paired dots for eyes. That discovery rewards a second look. It is a pattern piece with a hidden character, not just another colourful abstract.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski