Rising Yellow, 36" x 48" With its verticals and horizontals

With its verticals and horizontals intersecting like a minimalist cross structure

As with the rest of the Floating Color Collection

The composition may also be understood as an allegory for collective harmony

the painting can be read as the “second movement” of a larger composition—a continuation that refines

inviting viewers to lose themselves in a forest of paint where clarity is replaced by vitality

Rising Yellow, 36" x 48" With its verticals and horizontalsSee more paintings from the Flowing Color Collection James Nowaks Rising Yellow, a work from his Flowing Color Collection, captures the moment of ascensionof light emerging, energy gathering, and form awakening. Through bold, layered fields of color, Nowak transforms a simple composition into an exploration of elevation and renewal. The painting resonates with optimism and strength, embodying the upward movement of color as metaphor for vitality,