Description of Art: Blushing Symphony captures a moment of gentle emotion through expressive abstraction and luminous color. The title suggests a blend of music and mood—“symphony” evokes harmony, cadence, and movement, while “blushing” evokes warmth, softness, and a subtle flush of feeling.
In this work, Najar arranges soft tonal transitions and visual rhythms across an elongated, vertical format. The composition features delicate, layered brushstrokes that evoke landscapes, sky, or reflective surfaces—all suffused with a rosy or warm cast that suggests dawn, dusk, or emotional resonance. The vertical orientation emphasizes upward motion and gives the viewer a sense of rising or swelling melody in color.
While the work is technically a giclée (a print process), Najar’s careful layering and choice of palette give it a painterly vitality. Light seems to emerge from within, and edges shift between focus and blur—allowing the viewer’s eye to flow through the piece like a musical phrase.
Blushing Symphony is a fine example of Najar’s lyrical approach: merging natural themes, emotional light, and abstraction into visual poetics. The work isn’t literal but evocative, leaving space for each viewer to bring their own emotional hue to the music of color.
Artist: David Najar
Year Published: 2018
Size of Painting: 28 1/8” x 11 1/4”
Collection #: BB-1023
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