Two vertical strokes anchor the left edge like sentinels before the composition opens rightward into a sequence of sharp rises and shallow valleys, the line thinning and thickening as the hand accelerates across the surface. Barton's choice of a single unmodulated orange against white gives the work an almost clinical urgency, the colour carrying heat without decoration. The baseline curve below grounds the turbulence above, acting as a horizon that the peaks above seem unable to escape.
- Curatorial note, wifärt gallery
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Two vertical strokes anchor the left edge like sentinels before the composition opens rightward into a sequence of sharp rises and shallow valleys, the line thinning and thickening as the hand accelerates across the surface. Barton's choice of a single unmodulated orange against white gives the work an almost clinical urgency, the colour carrying heat without decoration. The baseline curve below grounds the turbulence above, acting as a horizon that the peaks above seem unable to escape.
- Curatorial note, wifärt gallery