Nameless Abstraction

If anything else, you have definitely been successful in capturing a brooding, sickly, dark and threatening mood in this picture. I thought this reminded me of Goya even before I read your comments. The branching thing that is stretching over the candle-like shapes seems to work both as a dead tree's silhouette, but also as the claw of the mysterious creature in the top right corner.

Usually ambiguity is not good to have in an artwork, but in an abstract picture/painting such as this it works well with the theme. The shapes near the center suggest candles, as people have mentioned, as well as perhaps a town with lamplight, just as the branching shape suggests both a claw and a tree.

The only thing that is bothering me about this pic is the composition. Instead of having just one focal point, it seems like there is an uneasy tug-of-war between two; the point of light on the left that suggests sunlight, and the two "eyes" in the dark. This could probably be solved by having a smoother transition from the middle tone to the dark, because if you look directly to the left of the "eyes" you'll see that it looks a bit rough against the smooth background; blending it with the background would make the dark seem more ethereal and help the composition.

Overall, a wonderful painting with great use of value and impact even as a thumbnail. Hope you find this critique useful, and keep up the art!