'HotWok' by Colmar Wocke

'HotWok" by Colmar Wocke is the first image in a weekly series of members work that will be published here in the magazine as the 'Pick of The Week' (or PoTW as I shall refer to it). 

Each Thursday a new PoTW will be published, chosen from the 1x image categories in alphabetical order.
So for this first week, the image chosen is from the 'Abstract' category. 

Colmar, who is a South African living in Switzerland, describes his work well. Just an old rusted wok pan, but the vivid colour of the rust leads his imagination to feel as if the fire is inside the pan, leading to a visual metaphore in the flame-like rust. The importance of an authors description of his work and what it means, is always important. (and something I often fail to do myself) 

The direct and simple composition of the image elements, the strong diagonal of the handle and the contrasting red and blue, make for an arresting abstract. Like looking into a fire, you can lose yourself in this picture. Beautifully taken and rendered with great skill, an excellent image.