The Work Party V Painting

In my current work, the actual process of making a representational painting - the use of obviously contrived arrangements of figures and/or objects, for example - has taken the place of a formal narrative. In my earlier work, the painting set-up was contrived to look like a "natural" setting, as a means of telling a story. Now, the artifice of the setting is duly recognized and exploited as a means to an end. The figure or still life becomes, for the most part, a formal compositional device, with no real story to tell. And yet, the image still retains the palpable narrative reality... only in most instances, the viewer is engaged to fill-in bits of the story, each from their own experience or imagination. The juxtaposition of very different objects — balloons against pottery shards or nails, or childrens' toys and carpentry tools, for example - creates a certain amount of tension, which is further emphasized by the use of overtly theatrical lighting.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:52 W x 38 H x 2.5 D in

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