Depiction：
While the painting focuses on a harbor, it doesn't depict a vibrant, realistic scene, but rather a hazy, poetic quality shrouded in rosy clouds and mist. The artist employs alternating strokes of oil paint, creating a play of light and mist. Layers of orange, red, blue, and purple hues evoke the Spanish sky at sunset, their colors blazing through the air like flames, yet diluted by smoke and vapor, creating a soft, dissolving quality.
A closer look at the water's surface reveals the translucent layering of oil paint, creating reflections that capture the reflections of ships and lights while also suggesting the water's constantly shifting texture. The shoreline in the foreground is heavily painted and scratched, even to the point of roughness, resembling the texture of mud and gravel, contrasting sharply with the delicate lines of the harbor in the distance. The vertical crane masts, like lines on a musical score, imbue the entire painting with a low, yet rhythmic, rhythm.
The "flame" in the painting's title not only refers to the celestial glow and the flickering lights of the night sky, but also implies a metaphor for energy. The harbor is the city's breathtaking center, ablaze with the flames of human activity day and night. The fusion of rosy clouds and smog creates a sense of the paradox between bustle and tranquility.
