Contemporary Abstract Expressionism I Urban Jazz

This painting is busy, urban, and full of rhythm. Tall vertical strokes run from top to bottom like buildings, towers, or streams of light, and over them sit loose drawn shapes: arches, loops, circles, ladders, and small window-like rectangles. The palette is warm and lively. Bright scarlet red appears in strong vertical bands, especially on the left and right sides, and in arches on the lower right. Between them, soft lavender, periwinkle, and sky blue rise in tall columns, mixed with blush pink, peach, and cream. Black and charcoal run through the centre and lower half, adding weight, and touches of mustard and gold appear as small blocks and curving lines. Scattered across the canvas are little graphic marks, white arches, oval shapes, dashes, and tiny red blocks, like signs, doorways, or letters. A few golden loops curve through the upper centre, like ribbons or neon lines. The paint is applied with brush and knife, dragged downward so the colours drip and blur, while the drawn shapes are added on top in quick, gestural lines. It reads as a city at night with lights and signs reflected on wet streets, a busy market, or a memory of a crowded place full of colour and movement.