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The Glowing Amber Eye Hidden in Cobalt Glass

Amber Eye in Cobalt Glass is an abstract glass-look image: a bead-ringed, translucent oval glowing at the center of a teardrop, wrapped in vivid blue and chartreuse.

Amber Eye in Cobalt Glass by Omaste Witkowski — Amber Eye in Cobalt Glass

Start at the brightest point. In the upper middle of this piece is a pale, translucent oval edged with a ring of tiny beads, like an iris and pupil. Your eye goes there first and stays.

Around it, a tilted teardrop of amber and brown floats inside curving bands of deep cobalt blue and bright yellow-green. Most abstract color pieces give the eye nowhere to land. This one has a focal point.

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What the eye finds the longer it looks

At first glance it is color: cobalt, ultramarine, chartreuse and amber, all saturated. Then the light registers. It seems to glow from behind and inside the material, with the pale center brightest and the outer blue falling away to near darkness.

Then the details appear. Fine streaks of amber, cream and teal fan out from the center and sweep down through the teardrop. Tiny bubbles and specks are scattered through the yellow and blue areas. Thin dark lines cross the teardrop like contour rings.

The blue and yellow bands curve around the center like a slow current, so the whole image pulls inward. The eye-like core gives it a watchful quality, though it works just as well as pure color and light. The surfaces read as glass, and the bubbles and sheen are what make it look that way.

What you will see in this piece

A glowing, bead-ringed oval at the center. It gives the image one clear focal point that holds attention from across the room.
Cobalt and ultramarine bands against chartreuse. The strong contrast makes the amber core look warmer and more luminous.
Light that seems to come from behind and inside the material. The image looks lit from within, not just colored.
Smooth, glassy surfaces with fine radiating streaks. They carry your eye outward from the center and back again.
Tiny trapped bubbles and thin dark contour lines. They reward a closer look after the first impression of color.
A tilted teardrop slightly right of center, with the lower half dissolving into darker, streaked tones. This adds depth and keeps the composition from feeling static.

Where it belongs

This is a bold horizontal piece. The wide format suits a wall with some breadth, such as above a sofa, a bed or a console, or behind a desk. The dark blue edges anchor the space around them, and the bright center gives the room one place to rest the eye.

The palette is saturated and high-contrast, so it works as a statement rather than a quiet accent. It suits a room that can take one vivid, luminous piece.

This is for you if you want an abstract with a real focal point, not an even wash of color.
This is for you if cobalt blue with chartreuse and amber is a combination you respond to.
This is for you if glassy translucency, bubbles and fine streaks are details you like to find up close.
This is for you if you want a wide, saturated piece to anchor a sofa wall, bedroom, console or office.

What you get on Fine Art America

Amber Eye in Cobalt Glass as a print, made to order by Fine Art America.
Your choice of size, paper, canvas, metal or frame, picked on the listing page.
Shipping from the Fine Art America facility, typically within a few business days.
A 30-day money-back guarantee from Fine Art America.
Artwork by Omaste Witkowski.

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Questions before you choose

Is this actually glass, and is it a photograph?

It reads as glass: the translucency, trapped bubbles and sheen all point that way. The listing calls it an abstract glass-look image, and I'm describing only what the image itself shows.

Will it work at a large size?

The wide format and strong focal point are made for a generous wall. The sizes available are shown on the Fine Art America listing, and you choose the one that fits your space.

What if it doesn't suit my wall once it arrives?

Fine Art America offers a 30-day money-back guarantee, so you can see the colors in your own light before you commit.

Picture it on the wall: a pale, bead-ringed eye glowing in a field of cobalt and chartreuse, with amber streaks fanning out toward the dark blue edges. It is a piece that catches you again each time you pass.

If that is the piece you want, go to the Fine Art America listing and choose the print that fits your wall.

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