In Insomniacs, Adam Young creates a vivid and dreamlike vision of a coastal village, alive with colour and light, as if the entire town is awake under a starless night sky. The houses, with their crooked roofs and leaning walls, seem to flow and bend, creating a sense of movement and energy throughout the composition. Bold blues, reds, purples, and yellows swirl together, with the warm glow of light pouring from each window, suggesting a place that never truly sleeps.
The exaggerated forms and angles of the homes, painted in saturated hues, give the painting an almost surreal quality, as if the viewer has stepped into a restless dreamscape. The deep blue sky serves as a stark contrast to the vibrant colours below, emphasizing the quiet chaos of the village where every house feels alive with activity.
Young’s use of bold outlines and dynamic, expressive colours captures the tension between night and day, stillness and energy, offering a glimpse into a world where the night hums with the quiet stirrings of life. Insomniacs is a celebration of the playful and unpredictable, evoking the feeling of a sleepless night where the imagination runs wild and the world seems to shift and change with every glance.
