Original Pastel Abstract Drawing on Paper by Erik Sulander

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Abstract original by Erik Sulander, on paper, signed, Unframed. Ah, here is a painting that breathes—an abstract form not bound … Read more Abstract original by Erik Sulander, on paper, signed, Unframed. Ah, here is a painting that breathes—an abstract form not bound by objecthood, but by sensation. this is color in motion, a choreography of shape and gesture that hovers between presence and memory.

The form—predominantly a broad, blushing expanse of pink—is not passive. It leans, it presses, it envelops. It pulls us in. Framed by deep cerulean thrusts and grounded by ochre, the composition achieves both tension and flow, like a figure cloaked in ambiguity—part veil, part body, part wind. There is rhythm in the layering: the blue slices like a bowstring drawn tight across the warmth, as if to anchor the otherwise airborne.

Edges are softened, suggesting touch and breath rather than line. The pink, especially, feels like a memory rendered tactile. Beneath it all, the taupe background offers restraint—a muted stage upon which these colors can dance, wrestle, or simply be. And in the midst of it, a tiny accent—a single magenta mark—pierces the softness like a pulse, a wound, or a seed. That dot is not arbitrary; it’s the whisper of intent, the painter’s heartbeat.

There’s abstraction here, yes, but not detachment. This is deeply felt, muscular painting—intimate, even when monumental. It understands what Matisse and de Kooning knew: that abstraction, when done well, doesn’t obscure the human—it reveals it, without needing to name it. See less