Striped Balance by Bianca ter Riet

About "Striped Balance"

by Bianca ter Riet

About the artwork

In "Striped Balance", the world stands still in a rhythm of colour and form. The woman, cloaked in red and white stripes, seems to merge into a pattern that is both human and abstract - a breath of order and emotion. The stripes do not just run down her dress, but seem to permeate the entire image, like the pulse of an inner balance between heartbeat and stillness.

Behind her floats a beige circle - soft, almost sun-like - that gives the scene a sense of timelessness. It is not a sun, not a moon, but something in between: a symbol of centring, of the middle where movement comes to rest. Next to her is a pot, also striped, with a plant growing carefully - as if nature itself is trying to respond to the human desire for structure and beauty.

The work exudes duality: order and organicity, man and object, warmth and coolness, red and white. Yet there is no tension - only a quiet mutual recognition. The stripes, once a symbol of demarcation, here become a breathing rhythm that carries life.

"Striped Balance" is a study in harmony. The image seems to ask how to be present without dominating - how colour, form and silence can carry each other without smothering each other. In this sense, the work is not just a visual balance, but an existential one: it shows the fragile moment when man, matter and space breathe the same tone. Modern Abstract. Minimalist. Vector. Botanical.

Created by Bianca ter Riet with support from AI.