Reaching the Blue Ball — Vibrant Abstract Expressionist Composition With Figurative Whimsy, Oil Markers & Acrylics on Paper, 18 × 24 In

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Reaching the Blue Ball unfolds like a playful moment suspended in a world made of color, motion, and imagination. On … Read more Reaching the Blue Ball unfolds like a playful moment suspended in a world made of color, motion, and imagination. On the left, a gentle figure rises from a base of swirling black lines—its body formed through delicate looping strokes, its arm extended upward even as its form softens and blends into the environment around it. A bright blue sphere floats above, glowing like a pocket of sky captured in the hand of a dreamer.
Around this central gesture, bursts of warm oranges, yellows, and soft purples dance through the composition. At the figure’s feet and stretching outward, rounded leaves and clustered blossoms spring up from the ground in bright greens and warm terracotta tones, their shapes layered and scribbled in that signature movement-filled style. To the right, an arching bouquet of circular orange forms stands like a glowing shelter, offering rhythm and structure amid the flowing chaos.
The background brims with drifting shapes—floating orbs, soft washes of watercolor, and looping scribbles that feel like thoughts in motion. Everything here is alive, kinetic, breathing, as though the air itself has become a collaborator in the painting.
Why I love it
I love it because it captures the tenderness of a moment of reaching—hopeful, playful, almost childlike. The blue ball feels like a symbol of possibility, and the figure reaching toward it gives the painting a gentle narrative. The colors are uplifting, the gestures loose and spontaneous, and the whole piece feels like a reminder that curiosity is a form of joy.

Materials & Size
Oil markers and acrylics on paper, 18 × 24 in. See less