Circum II by artist Morris Louis is an acrylic resin (Magna) painting on canvas made in 1959-1960. It measures 8 feet and 4 inches by 11 feet 5 inches and is hung in landscape orientation, meaning its longest side runs parallel to the floor. This painting is an example of an abstraction, which is a style of painting that focuses on the gestural movement of shapes and colors rather than depicting scenes or figures. The painting is comprised of a creamy white background with ten blobs of organic drip-like shapes, which are spread somewhat evenly around all four sides of the canvas. The shapes are wider on the edges of the canvas and taper off to rounded points. The shapes extend from the edges inwards, but their peaks never reach the center of the composition. As such, the center remains empty. The shapes are coolly colored with periwinkle blue, lavender, phthalo green, emerald green, sage green and chartreuse green. The acrylic resin Magna paint used by the artist has more of a shine to it than most modern acrylic paint, attributing to the painting’s glossy surface. On the top of the canvas, there are three shapes stretching inwards. The top left shape contains two colors, layered one on top of the other. The larger shape is a pale periwinkle blue and layered within it is an analogous lavender of the same value. The top central shape is comprised of two separate flame-like colors. The left side is a light phthalo green and has two peaks and the right is a subdued sage with three peaks. The space where the shapes overlap is emerald green, offering the illusion of the colors being layered one on top of the other. The top right shape is phthalo green with two peaks.  The right side of the canvas has two shapes reaching inwards. The top right shape extends only slightly towards the center and tapers off to two rounded points. It contains two colors, on the outermost edge of the canvas is a chartreuse green, the tips of the shape are a sage green. The bottom right shape is made of two colors. Its wide edge is lavender, and its narrow tip is periwinkle blue. The bottom of the canvas has three shapes reaching upwards. The right bottom shape is shorter than the others and has two points. It is periwinkle blue. The central bottom shape extends higher than the shapes on either side. It has one rounded point and is a bright phthalo green. The left bottom shape has two layers, the bottom color is a sage green, layered on top of it is a phthalo green. The colors layer on top of one another, creating a darker emerald where they overlap. The left side of the canvas has two shapes reaching inwards towards the center of the canvas. The left bottom shape is wide and stout. The bottom edge of the shape takes up roughly 1/4 of the side of the canvas and tapers off into two rounded points reaching towards the center of the canvas. It is periwinkle blue. Above it, on the top left side of the canvas is a shape that reaches to the same point in the center of the canvas but has only one tapered off point. It is also periwinkle blue.