Yellow Square, 30" x 40"

 See more paintings from the Floating Color Collection. James Nowak’s Yellow Square, from his Floating Color Collection, offers a meditation on balance, clarity, and resonance through geometric abstraction. Unlike figurative art, which narrates through imagery, this work communicates through the interplay of color, form, and space. The yellow square, as the title indicates, is the painting’s focal element—not dominant through size but commanding through luminosity and symbolic weight. The composition is sparse yet highly intentional. A vertical blue bar on the left and a horizontal teal bar below establish structural stability, recalling architectural scaffolding or a minimalist grid. Above, a red horizontal bar energizes the space, while a cyan square to the right adds expansiveness and counterbalance. The yellow square rests at the center, not geometrically exact but optically central, serving as the pivot for the composition. At the bottom right, a smaller red square grounds the f