Michał Lenartowicz - Touch of Gold - XXL

“Touch of Gold” by Michał Lenartowicz is a complex, multi-layered abstract composition in which color and texture construct a narrative about energy, time, and value hidden within matter.

The painting is built on a warm, golden–ochre palette, broken by grays, blacks, and subtle accents of red and green. Gold does not appear here as a uniform surface; instead, it permeates the structure of the work, emerging in streaks, translucent passages, and irregular patches. It functions like light reflected off layers of paint, giving the composition depth and an inner glow.

A distinctive feature of the work is the presence of numerous vertical paint drips, scratches, and palette-knife marks. These gestures emphasize the process-based nature of the painting—it is clear that the surface has been repeatedly built up, disrupted, and reconstructed. The image feels like a visual record of time: layers of experience, traces, and artistic decisions accumulated on the canvas.

Despite its apparent density and chaos, the composition maintains a strong sense of rhythm and balance. The golden areas guide the viewer’s eye across the surface, creating both horizontal and vertical tensions, while darker passages stabilize the whole. One may sense associations with an urban landscape, an industrial wall, erosion, or a map of memory, yet the work remains firmly abstract.

“Touch of Gold” can be read as a metaphor for moments of intensity and meaning that emerge within the complex, often chaotic structure of life. It is a painting that rewards prolonged contemplation—the longer one looks, the more subtle relationships between color, gesture, and material reveal themselves, marking the mature painterly language of Lenartowicz.
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Overall size: 160x100cm

The painting is signed on the back of the canvas

Photos of the painting with the frame are for reference only

Due to the size of the painting, the canvas will shipped rolled up.