Quintessence (646)

An intense red rises at the center of the canvas like a column of fire, crossing spaces of radiant white and surrounded by vibrant turquoise, deep violet, and blazing oranges. Each color seems to lift upward in an ascending movement, like an offering carried beyond matter. Subtle cracks and layered textures give this work the appearance of a passage, a fiery doorway between the earthly world and a vaster realm of light. Red embodies vitality, courage, the beating of the heart, while turquoise and green recall regeneration—the living water that refreshes the flame. Violet, more secret, breathes a spiritual dimension, a call to transcendence. Everything here breathes metamorphosis: shadow is not erased, but integrated into a symphony where each hue finds its place and resonance. Life, with all its contrasts, becomes a song of verticality. And if every trial were but a springboard, a force urging us to rise beyond ourselves?