Against an absolute, velvety obsidian black that swallows light and space, a blazing female presence ignites at the center—like a living ember erupting from void. Her form coalesces as an oval mass of fierce, overlapping diagonal strokes in searing primary red, laced with streaks of electric cyan blue. These thick, untamed brushstrokes build dense, almost furred texture: heavy pressure creates near-opaque crimson cores that suggest the swell of cheek, brow, and jaw in a subtle three-quarter view facing left, while thinner, frantic trails radiate outward in chaotic bursts, blurring the boundary between flesh and flame, portrait and aura. No precise eyes, nose, or mouth define the face—only implied contours carved by the frenzy of red energy, conveying quiet intensity and inner fire.
Encircling this radiant core, a labyrinthine network of crisp cyan geometry asserts rigid order: sharp-angled meanders, interlocking rectangular frames, repeating key-like motifs, and circuit-like pathways weave across the black field in precise, ornamental precision. These cool blue lines cut cleanly against the darkness, forming angular borders and pathways that frame, contain, and contrast the organic chaos at the center. The geometric structure feels almost digital or architectural—evoking ancient Greek ornament fused with modern circuitry—its clarity and repetition amplifying the wild, painterly vitality of the red figure.
The composition centers this explosive portrait with commanding symmetry, the warm red mass pulling the eye inward to the implied gaze, then thrusting it outward along radiating strokes and cyan pathways that seem to pulse with contained current. High-contrast palette heightens drama: fiery red infuses primal heat and life-force, cool cyan adds crystalline clarity and tension, deep black cradles everything in infinite depth. Thick impasto in the figure contrasts the flat, precise geometry, generating rhythmic tension—organic eruption versus structured containment, human vitality bursting against technological order.
Notice how the dense red core draws focus to the figure’s quiet power, while the surrounding cyan labyrinth releases the gaze along angular paths—creating ebb between convergence in flame and dispersal in pattern, emergence and restraint. The limited yet intense palette amplifies intimacy and confrontation: no secondary hues dilute the elemental clash.
Part of the "Force of Nature" series, this unique painting channels raw, intuitive gesture to evoke the boundless vitality of the human spirit—feminine essence rendered not as delicate likeness but as volcanic force emerging from structured void: ancient archetype rekindled in modern acrylic fire, presence distilled to pure, radiant eruption. In its high-contrast ferocity and contained blaze, the work invites you to linger—how does this red inferno breaking through cyan geometry stir your own sense of inner power, tension between chaos and order, or the poetry of spirit defying containment?
Technical notes.
Unique painting. Acrylic on board. Unframed dimensions: 16-1/8” high x 18” wide. Signed by the artist on the back, dated 2020. Frame not included.
Against an absolute, velvety obsidian black that swallows light and space, a blazing female presence ignites at the center—like a living ember erupting from void. Her form coalesces as an oval mass of fierce, overlapping diagonal strokes in searing primary red, laced with streaks of electric cyan blue. These thick, untamed brushstrokes build dense, almost furred texture: heavy pressure creates near-opaque crimson cores that suggest the swell of cheek, brow, and jaw in a subtle three-quarter view facing left, while thinner, frantic trails radiate outward in chaotic bursts, blurring the boundary between flesh and flame, portrait and aura. No precise eyes, nose, or mouth define the face—only implied contours carved by the frenzy of red energy, conveying quiet intensity and inner fire.
Encircling this radiant core, a labyrinthine network of crisp cyan geometry asserts rigid order: sharp-angled meanders, interlocking rectangular frames, repeating key-like motifs, and circuit-like pathways weave across the black field in precise, ornamental precision. These cool blue lines cut cleanly against the darkness, forming angular borders and pathways that frame, contain, and contrast the organic chaos at the center. The geometric structure feels almost digital or architectural—evoking ancient Greek ornament fused with modern circuitry—its clarity and repetition amplifying the wild, painterly vitality of the red figure.
The composition centers this explosive portrait with commanding symmetry, the warm red mass pulling the eye inward to the implied gaze, then thrusting it outward along radiating strokes and cyan pathways that seem to pulse with contained current. High-contrast palette heightens drama: fiery red infuses primal heat and life-force, cool cyan adds crystalline clarity and tension, deep black cradles everything in infinite depth. Thick impasto in the figure contrasts the flat, precise geometry, generating rhythmic tension—organic eruption versus structured containment, human vitality bursting against technological order.
Notice how the dense red core draws focus to the figure’s quiet power, while the surrounding cyan labyrinth releases the gaze along angular paths—creating ebb between convergence in flame and dispersal in pattern, emergence and restraint. The limited yet intense palette amplifies intimacy and confrontation: no secondary hues dilute the elemental clash.
Part of the "Force of Nature" series, this unique painting channels raw, intuitive gesture to evoke the boundless vitality of the human spirit—feminine essence rendered not as delicate likeness but as volcanic force emerging from structured void: ancient archetype rekindled in modern acrylic fire, presence distilled to pure, radiant eruption. In its high-contrast ferocity and contained blaze, the work invites you to linger—how does this red inferno breaking through cyan geometry stir your own sense of inner power, tension between chaos and order, or the poetry of spirit defying containment?
Technical notes.
Unique painting. Acrylic on board. Unframed dimensions: 16-1/8” high x 18” wide. Signed by the artist on the back, dated 2020. Frame not included.
