Tall Building, 36" x 48" The curved black line may

The curved black line may symbolize a dancer’s body

Nowak’s ability to use abstraction as emotional language aligns him with color field painters such as Helen Frankenthaler or Morris Louis

its compositional focus on two vertical black lines introduces an element of stark contrast

organized around a central vertical dark blue line

Tall Building, 36" x 48" The curved black line maySee more paintings from the Floating Color Collection. James Nowaks Tall Building, part of his Floating Color Collection, draws on the language of geometric abstraction to evoke architectural associations. Through the interplay of vertical and horizontal bars, punctuated by solid blocks of color, the composition suggests the skeletal outline of a skyscraper rising within an abstracted, borderless space. While rooted in abstraction, the painting