Yellow Sunset, 36" x 48"

See more paintings from the Flowing Color Collection James Nowak’s Yellow Sunset, part of his Flowing Color Collection, captures the emotional resonance of a sunset through pure abstraction. Instead of depicting a literal horizon, Nowak constructs his landscape with layered bands of bold color—vibrant yellow, black, blue, red-orange, and turquoise—each interacting like the shifting atmospheres of light at day’s end. The work transcends naturalistic representation to explore how color alone can evoke time, temperature, and feeling. The composition is structured around horizontal bands that flow across the canvas, creating a sense of serene order yet lively contrast. At the top, a glowing expanse of yellow dominates the frame—warm, luminous, and commanding. Beneath it, a dark black layer acts as a dividing ridge, grounding the piece while intensifying the light above it. Below this, successive waves of cobalt blue, deep red-orange, and cool turquoise unfold in rhythmic succession, prod