Fly Away

See more art from the Windows Collection. In Fly Away, part of James Nowak’s Windows Collection, the artist departs from gestural abstraction into a language of sharp geometries and saturated planes. The title suggests freedom, release, or transcendence, but here it is reframed not through fluid brushwork but through interlocking angular forms. The composition evokes a sense of propulsion, as though fragments of color and shape were breaking free from containment, soaring outward in dynamic flight. The canvas is dominated by a constellation of overlapping triangles rendered in primary and high-contrast tones—red, yellow, black, and blue. The geometry is crisp, defined by flat fields of color rather than expressive strokes. The forms jut against one another, creating a sense of collision and expansion. Unlike organic compositions, this painting relies on tension between diagonals, where every line points toward motion and escape. The layering of triangles creates depth and a fractured