Red Synapse — Original

Watercolor on paper — Aurora Collection

Original, one of a kind · Signed by the artist, 2017

Something is firing.

At the center of Red Synapse, a dense core of deep red and maroon pulses outward in every direction — thousands of branching filaments in red, orange, yellow, and violet, radiating like nerve endings caught mid-signal, or roots set ablaze. Applied entirely with airbrush, the watercolor here was pushed across the page in controlled bursts, building a composition with no possible duplicate. Every branch, every overlap, every gradient is the result of a single unrepeatable moment of pigment meeting paper and air.

There is an undeniable energy to this piece — somewhere between biological and elemental, like watching electricity move through a living system or fire spread through dry branches. Unlike its quieter cousins in the Aurora collection, Red Synapse holds nothing back. The color is the entire statement.

Details:

• Medium: Watercolor, applied with airbrush

• Dimensions: 9" x 12" / 22.9cm x 30.5cm

• Original: 1 of 1 — this exact piece will never exist again

• Hand signed by Matt Derbidge, 2017

• Ready to frame

• Ships flat in rigid protective packaging