The composition is built around three vertical bands, rigorously aligned, which seem to hollow out the surface and open a passage toward deep blues. John Beckley sets this highly structured rhythm against an incandescent background, worked in broad transitions of warm colors splashed with dark projections. A white trajectory crosses the whole diagonally, like a quick gesture that links the three columns and energizes the space. The details reveal a profusion of small spots, drips and overlays, which give the painting a vibrating energy. The eye then moves between the geometric stability of the center and the more agitated material of the edges, caught in this pulse between coolness and warmth.
