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Ember Fan, Red and Orange Abstract

Long, curving streaks of deep red, bright orange, yellow and violet sweep upward across the frame and spread like a fan. The colours glow against dark burgundy and navy areas, and soft peach tones fill the lower corners. Fine specks are visible on the surface, and the streaks have soft, feathered edges.

A stranger stops on the glow: ribbons of red, orange and yellow fan upward out of a deep burgundy dark, like flames or a bouquet, with one lone violet sweep cutting across the corner. It is a warm, high-contrast abstract that reads clearly from across a room. Many red-orange abstracts are flat or muddy. This one looks lit from within, and the sweeping motion gives the eye somewhere to travel.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski