The Spark Between — Nathalie Gribinski — Small Abstract Figurative Drawing (8 X 8 In, 2025)

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The Spark Between captures the instant when two beings meet in a field of tiny floating energies — dots, bubbles, … Read more The Spark Between captures the instant when two beings meet in a field of tiny floating energies — dots, bubbles, and shifting shapes that echo their emotions. The figures stand side by side, yet each carries a different rhythm: one is elastic, playful, and full of movement, with long blue legs that bend like music; the other is more grounded, wrapped in pink and red, with a calm presence and a quiet luminosity.

Their hands — bright red, expressive, reaching — become the heart of the scene. They almost touch, almost collide, almost intertwine in a gesture that feels both tender and electric. The striped torsos, one vertical and one horizontal, create a visual dialogue — two worlds speaking in patterns, finding ways to understand each other.

The balloons above them, with their swirling black shapes, float like wandering thoughts or emotions traveling between the figures. Everything in this drawing feels alive, shifting, and charged with possibility: an encounter, a curiosity, a pulse of connection.

I love this piece because it feels like a moment of truth — a moment when two energies meet and something indefinable happens between them. I love the tension and softness in their almost-touching hands, the playfulness in their bodies, and how the dots around them seem to vibrate with emotion. I also love the contrast between the whimsical character on the left and the gentle strength of the figure on the right. It reminds me of encounters that stay in the heart, even if nothing is spoken.

Material & Size:
Oil markers on unstretched paper — 8 x 8 in.
Signed N. Gribinski on the front. See less