Contemporary Abstract Expressionism I Evening on the Amstel

This painting reads like a city skyline of Amsterdam central reflected in water, built from tall vertical strokes in a warm, muted palette. The background is soft grey and taupe, with the colours rising through it in columns like buildings or towers. The upper half is full of colour golden yellow and ochre glow strongest in the upper right, with burnt orange and amber running down the left, bright aqua and turquoise scattered between them, and tall streaks of white catching the light like sunlit facades. A dark, broken horizon runs across the middle in black and charcoal, with small white blocks set into it like windows or boats along a quay. On the right, a strong black shape rises like a building or a bridge, with a touch of coral red beside it. The lower half is the reflection. The same colours drop downward in softer, blurred streaks: ochre, orange, aqua, and grey, fading into the pale water at the bottom. A few small red flecks float near the bottom centre. The paint is dragged vertically with a knife and brush, so every colour seems to shimmer and run, like light trembling on the surface of a canal. It reads as a waterfront city at golden hour, buildings mirrored in a river, or an evening walk along the Amstel.