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recent paintings

HERE COMES EVERYONE

August 9 - September 1, 2007

Crossley & Scott

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Figure with folded arms. 1370x1120, April, 2007

 

Composer, 660x560, 2007

 

Illusionist. 620x560, 2007

 

Study for Head of Woman. 760x660, 13/11/06

 

Study for Head of Woman. 760x660, 14/11/06

 

Study for Head of Woman. 760x660, 15/11/06

 

V.N.C. 460x360, 20/11/06

 

Writer. 400x400, 2007

 

K.M. 250x250, 2007

 

B.K. 250x250, 2007

 

M.E. 250x200, 2007

 

Comedian, 250x200, 2007

 

E.R. 250x200, 2007

 

H.M. 250x200, 2007

 

N.D. 310x260, 2007

 

L.E. 310x260, 2007

 

Woman on her way to work. 1200x970, 2007

 

The purple coat. 1220x970, 2007

 

Actor, 660x560, 2007

 

E.R. 620x560, 2007

 

E.O.W. 620x560, 2007

 

artist's notes:

These recent paintings have been inspired mainly by my reading of J.M. Coetzee over the last 4-5 years - I found human forms started to have faces (after the 'Talking to Sickert' series of paintings 2005 and then coming out of the 'Several Masterpieces' paintings from 2006) - actual human beings began to appear in the studio . . . they could see, speak and hear.

When I entered the studio these "people" would be there . . . and as each new painting came into being I would find they were most often of somebody I know or somebody I knew, or a mixture of people. Their presence and spirit moves me still.

This work is against illustration or representational painting . . . these paintings for me are living things unto themselves.
Their inner workings unknowable but felt . . . sensed by the viewer.

Figure with folded arms. 1370x1120, April, 2007
A mixture of several people.

Composer, 660x560, 2007
A mixture of two composers I have worked with in the past.

Illusionist. 620x560, 2007
After seeing a badly downloaded copy of Edward Norton in the film 'The Illusionist' . . . to evoke some sort of 'portrait' from such 19th century stage magic.

Study for Head of Woman. 760x660, 13/11/06
Study for Head of Woman. 760x660, 14/11/06
Study for Head of Woman. 760x660, 15/11/06
The first paintings of this series - after looking at photographs of women reproduced in 'In Camera' - a book on Francis Bacon's photographic source material.

V.N.C. 460x360, 20/11/06
Character from 'Splendour' (filmscript). . . a mixture of several people.

Writer. 400x400, 2007
This is a troubled man . . . unpleasant-gifted . . . the writer-critic Robert Hughes.

K.M. 250x250, 2007
Started as another character from 'Splendour' but became a close relative I have grown to think highly of.

B.K. 250x250, 2007
. . . a mixture of several people.

M.E. 250x200, 2007
. . . a mixture of several people.

Comedian, 250x200, 2007
Looking at an image of the actor Emmanuelle Riva (from Alain Resnais' film 'Hiroshima Mon Amour') reproduced 'In Camera' - a book about Francis Bacon's work . . . but found Mo (Roy Rene) the comedian appeared out of the process.

E.R. 250x200, 2007
Looking at an image of the actor Emmanuelle Riva (from Alain Resnais' film 'Hiroshima Mon Amour') reproduced 'In Camera' - a book about Francis Bacon's work.

H.M. 250x200, 2007
A second version from the same image source as E.R. but with thoughts more about the film itself . . . hence H.M. as the tile.

N.D. 310x260, 2007
. . . a mixture of several people.

L.E. 310x260, 2007
. . . a mixture of several people.

Woman on her way to work. 1200x970, 2007
Early morning . . . driving round a roundabout . . . in the corner of my eye . . . a woman in a deep red dress . . . walking fast
. . . under a stormy sky. The last painting of the series.

The purple coat. 1220x970, 2007
Coetzee's 'The Master of Petersburg'. . . Russia . . . thoughts of Pushkin's St.Petersburg . . . snow underfoot . . . a brooding sky . . . Edgar Allan Poe banging on the back door . . . these are the things that lead to "The purple coat"

 

Not in exhibition:

Actor, 660x560, 2007
Character from 'Splendour' (filmscript) . . . a mixture of several people . . . that finished up looking so much like my mother . . . but I couldn't title it such.

E.R. 620x560, 2007
Looking at an image of the actor Emmanuelle Riva (from Alain Resnais' film 'Hiroshima Mon Amour') reproduced 'In Camera' - a book about Francis Bacon's work.

E.O.W. 620x560, 2007
After a painting by Frank Aurebach (same initials-title)

All works are enamel on canvas.



SEVERAL MASTERPIECES

September 14 - October 2, 2006

Crossley & Scott

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In the Park - after Seurat, 2006, 1700 x 2400, enamel on canvas

 

The Jewish Bride - after Rembrandt, 2006, 1200 x 1700, enamel on canvas

 

Chinese Bookie - after Cassavetes, 2006, 1200 x 1700, enamel on canvas

 

The Daughters - after Sargent, 2006, 2000 x 2000, enamel on canvas

 

The Mountain - after Cezanne, 2006, 900 x 1200, enamel on canvas

 

The Bent Tree - after Corot, 2006, 900 x 1200, enamel on board

 

The Maids - after Valezquez, 2006, 2150 x 2000, enamel on canvas

 

The Girls - after Picasso, 2006, 2000 x 2000, enamel on canvas



TALKING TO SICKERT

October 6 - 29, 2005

Crossley & Scott

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Red Studio, 2005, 1500 x 2300, enamel on canvas

 

The Raising - after Sickert, 2005, 2400 x 1200, enamel on canvas

 

Hotel Conversation, 2005, 1500 x 2300, enamel on canvas

 

In the Studio, 2005, 1500 x 2300, enamel on canvas

 

After the Raising - after Sickert, 2005, 2400 x 1200, enamel on canvas