Neptune 2 (rotated)
This moody abstract painting draws you into what feels like the depths of a dark ocean or a stormy night sky. Deep blues dominate the canvas, swirling and layering with hints of lighter tones that peek through like moonlight breaking through clouds or bioluminescence glowing in deep water. The textured brushwork creates a sense of movement and mystery, as if you're looking at something vast and unknowable.
Catherine de Potter's choice of title connects this work to Neptune, the Roman god of the sea, which makes sense given the painting's watery, turbulent feeling. The "rotated" in the title suggests the artist experimented with different orientations before settling on this view, reminding us that abstract art can be wonderfully ambiguous. There's something hypnotic about staring into these dark blues, the way your eye searches for patterns and meaning in the subtle variations of color and texture, much like gazing into actual ocean depths.
