Delicate Spring II 24" x 24"

See more art from the 2025 New Works Delicate Spring II continues James Nowak’s exploration of seasonal cycles within abstraction, part of his 2025 New Works Collection. Where other works in the series (Tension, Fly Away, Symphony Number I & II) investigate themes of structure, music, and freedom, this painting turns toward renewal, vitality, and the fleeting energy of seasonal transformation. The work embodies spring not through literal representation, but through the interplay of color, gesture, and atmosphere—capturing the delicate yet vigorous essence of rebirth. The painting is structured as a dance of broad, sweeping brushstrokes, distributed across a luminous blue ground. The gestures overlap and intersect, evoking growth, dispersal, and budding vitality. Unlike the dense layering of Symphony Number I or the polyphonic interweaving of Symphony Number II, this composition embraces openness, allowing air and light to circulate freely between marks. The strokes themselves—curv