A bold, luminous orb of deep red-orange floats above a jagged, gestural burst of black marks in this striking example of Gottlieb's signature Burst series. The tension between the serene, spherical form and the explosive, fragmented shape below evokes a sense of primordial energy and cosmic duality. Rendered in acrylic on canvas, Gottlieb's reductive composition harnesses the raw power of color and form to suggest themes of light, darkness, and the forces that lie beneath the surface.