Title: “Chromatic Abyss”
Artist: Lee Faul
Medium: Heavy-body acrylic with extreme impasto, iridescent & metallic pigments on gallery-wrapped canvas
Dimensions: 76cm x 51 cm
A mesmerizing vortex of pure color plunges into an infinite black void. The central ring is built from hundreds of thick, rope-like coils of paint—every imaginable hue colliding in a riot of reds, electric blues, acid greens, molten golds, and violent violets—creating a tunnel that appears to physically bore into the canvas. Iridescent and metallic pigments flash and shift as light moves across the surface, making the rings shimmer like liquid metal or a living rainbow.
A single, dripping multicoloured column anchors the spiral to the bottom edge, as if the entire spectrum is being sucked into darkness. The matte black background is flawless and deep, heightening the three-dimensional illusion and giving the piece an almost hypnotic pull.
This is maximalist abstract expressionism at its most intense and luxurious—an unapologetic celebration of color, texture, and movement. Perfect for a bold contemporary space that demands to be looked at again and again