Christmas tree glowing in the winter sky: an abstract, colourful Christmas tree on a snow-covered hill between shining stars and floating baubles by Frank Bittner

About "Christmas tree glowing in the winter sky: an abstract, colourful Christmas tree on a snow-covered hill between shining stars and floating baubles"

by Frank Bittner

About the artwork

In this expressive, abstract work of art in the style of a painting, a Christmas tree unfolds whose form is more imagined than clearly outlined. The impasto application of layers of colour gives it an almost sculptural presence. Positioned on the right-hand side of the picture, the tree rises on a gently rising, snow-covered hilltop. Its green branches, weighed down by snow, appear heavy and at the same time full of inner tension.

Hovering around the tree are numerous spheres in intense orange and red colours. Some seem to nestle directly against the branches, others detach themselves from them and stand freely in the room, as if following their own rhythm. Between them, hints of stars flash out, shimmering delicately as if they were in motion. At the top of the tree shines a much brighter, almost luminous star that magnetically attracts the eye.

The surroundings of the tree are carried by warm explosions of colour that spread across the canvas like discharges of energy. From deep dark red to glowing orange to light ochre, the colour scale increases towards the left and creates a vibrating tension between a point of rest and movement.

The result is a modern abstract work that is less a classic Christmas scene and more a translation of the inner glow, warmth and festivity of this time into a pictorial language of colour, materiality and abstraction.

Created by Frank Bittner with support from AI.