A WINTER'S TALE
Acrylic
Acrylic
NOTES ON THE WORK
In this work the Geisha is really a muse and a prelude to the painting Skulls Cars Gods and Stars. Both have in common no specific narrative but develop by allowing the exposition of the artist’s thoughts and influences to affect the composition process. From reading Moby Dick, to composing Haiku, from airport quarantine posters to meditating on the role of modernism , the painting evolved as a decorative diorama of miniature individual theatres that combine together to make an allusive yet coherent picture.
There’s also attention to the nature of the “gestural” mark, where loose, naive and barely registered images collide with a fragile realism. Areas of comic absurdity border serious intent as filmic (almost anime-influenced imagery) is lifted from its flatness by the muted micro-expressionism of the brushing.
The collective effect is to take a snapshot of thought and compose a picture not only as an abstract composition but as a psychic illumination.
There’s also attention to the nature of the “gestural” mark, where loose, naive and barely registered images collide with a fragile realism. Areas of comic absurdity border serious intent as filmic (almost anime-influenced imagery) is lifted from its flatness by the muted micro-expressionism of the brushing.
The collective effect is to take a snapshot of thought and compose a picture not only as an abstract composition but as a psychic illumination.
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