David Drum Canadian, b. 1944
Further images
David Drum’s Touched by Gabriel’s Wings is a radiant abstraction that suggests an eruption of light, colour, and spiritual energy. At the centre of the composition, soft veils of gold, white, coral, and rose seem to billow outward like a luminous cloud, while deep passages of intense blue gather below and at the edges, creating a dramatic contrast between weight and lift, earth and air.
Drum uses layered textures, sprayed pigment, and sweeping gestures to give the painting a sense of motion and transformation. The gold-speckled upper field glows like dust suspended in light, while the central pink and white forms appear to pulse and dissolve, as though something immaterial is taking shape and then drifting beyond clear definition. The saturated blues at the bottom read almost like wings, waves, or shadowed depths supporting the brighter centre.
What gives David Drum’s Touched by Gabriel’s Wings its power is this balance between the ethereal and the physical. The painting does not describe an angel literally, but it evokes the sensation of presence, blessing, and sudden illumination. It feels atmospheric, ecstatic, and contemplative at once, as though capturing a fleeting moment of revelation.
Provenance
- signed, titled and dated on reverse- direct from Crystal Beach Studio
- Drum Inventory #6004