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Whispers from the Threshold

Whispers from the Threshold is a contemplative body of work that explores the subtle interplay between landscape, emotion, and abstraction. Each painting invites the viewer into a suspended moment—where meaning drifts, gestures echo, and atmosphere becomes touch. Through layered textures, muted palettes, and fleeting marks, these works evoke the quiet hum of transmission, the breath of open space, and the resonance of things half-remembered.
This is a series of thresholds: between light and shadow, clarity and ambiguity, presence and absence. It is a visual language of elation, release, and quiet intensity—an invitation to listen, pause, and dwell in the spaces where silence speaks.

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Soft abstract painting in cool winter tones with pale blues, greys, and whites blending together, accented by delicate linear marks and subtle textured areas that suggest movement through a cold, bracing landscape.

brusque winter walk

Abstract painting in cool, pale tones with soft blues and whites blending across the canvas, accented by fine linear marks that suggest the sharp clarity and freshness of an early morning.

crisp morning air

Minimal abstract work with a muted, light background and delicate, sketch-like lines, creating a quiet, still atmosphere that evokes the hush of a calm morning.

crisp silence of morning

Abstract painting with a soft, muted background and delicate linear marks, creating a quiet, atmospheric sense of moving through a still early-morning landscape.

silent morning walk

Minimal abstract work with pale blended tones and fine, sketch-like lines that evoke a calm, suspended moment where the air feels completely still.

stilness in the air

Abstract painting with soft, blended tones and delicate linear marks, creating a gentle sense of pause and spaciousness, as if the scene itself is exhaling.

taking a breather

Cool-toned abstract work with muted blues, greys, and fine sketch-like lines, evoking the quiet comfort and stillness found in a peaceful winter landscape.

winter solace

flutterbyes by ashar

where Buterflies, Flutterbye

Abstract painting with soft blended tones of pale blue, yellow, and white, overlaid with scattered dark linear marks and scribbles that create a drifting, disorienting sense of shifting direction.

which way up is down

Echoes an abstract composition in greens and yellows with a blurred central area, overlaid with delicate scribbled marks that resemble fragments of writing or signals.

echoes

Soft Flutter of Wings Light, airy abstract painting in soft blues and greys with scattered colourful marks, suggesting gentle movement across a bright central space.

soft flutter of wings

gently into autumn by ashar

gently into autumn

Through the Mists of Time Ethereal abstract work with a misty blend of blues and purples, fine meandering lines, and soft clusters of pastel colour near the edges.

through the mists of time

Sunlit Paths and Rolling Storms Warm abstract painting in yellows and oranges with dynamic dark lines and textured strokes suggesting both calm light and turbulent motion.

sunlit paths and rolling storms

Late Summer Minimal abstract piece with a pale background and delicate botanical-like line drawings, anchored by a reddish-brown bloom near the lower left.

late summer

Infinity Soft gradient background in pale blues and greys with a dense cluster of vibrant warm brushstrokes at the lower centre, radiating outward with thin linear marks.

infinity

The Bliss of Summer Minimal abstract painting with a soft pink and lavender background and vivid clusters of colour—red, yellow, blue—positioned in opposite corners.

the bliss of summer

bird song by ashar

bird song

coming into land by ashar

coming into land i

Elation Silence Brings Gentle abstract work with a pale green-to-cream gradient, fine plant-like line drawings, and a single reddish-brown bloom near the bottom left.

the elation silence brings

A Breath of Fresh Air Abstract painting with sweeping blues and whites, accented by yellow and dark linear marks, creating a sense of open air and movement.

a breath of fresh air

letting go by ashar

letting go

Night Flight Deep blue abstract painting with swirling textured brushstrokes, fine white and yellow lines, and small red and orange accents suggesting motion through darkness.

night flight

the suspense of living on the edge by ashar

the suspense of living on the edge

ans so into autumn

and so into Autumn

kiss of wings by ashar

kiss of wings

Listen to the silence by ashar

Listen to the silence

sunlit paths and dragonflies by ashar

sunlit paths and dragonflies

wings of inevitability by ashar

wings of inevitability

summers bliss by ashar

summers bliss

intangible silence by ashar

intangible silence

coming into land by ashar

coming into land ii

ashar song of the wind

song of the wind

As the noonday silence falls, by ashar

As the noonday silence falls

frosty morning

frosty morning

the silence of a frosty moor by ashar

silence of a frosty moor

murmuring brook by ashar

murmuring brook

watch this space by ashar

watch this space

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