has been for sale for some time, as you have seen. The maintenance and ongoing development to keep our non-profit and idealistic platform for contemporary art running and safe from hackers etc. costs money that is no longer there. Because of small investments that are necessary now and the running costs, we will have to shut down with a heavy heart at the beginning of summer on June 21.
"Age of Anxiety", 2016, 30 x 30 cm, ink and acrylic on MDF panel.
In a time of political, social and cultural uncertainty, the artist has to struggle to find ways to convey his feelings visually, in simple images that will cross boundaries and barriers of language and geography.
"Unwritten Language", 2016, ink, white chalk, acrylic on MDF panel, 30 x 30 cm.
The passage of time, mortality, the ephemeral nature of organic life are all here, but also the durable nature of beauty, which changes with the season but does not vanish.
The panel is sealed and painted with several layers of dove-gray acrylic, shading to an off-white toward the center; this is sanded and polished smooth, then sealed again and serves as a substrate for a detailed pen-and-ink drawing of fallen leaves, executed in a dense cross-hatch technique. Selected areas of the image are lightened with white chalk or light acrylic, then the entire image is sealed with a light dusting of UV protectant acrylic polymer varnish.
"Lion of the Harvest", 2016, acrylic and collage on wood, 60cm wide x 75cm tall (24 x 30 inches).
Torn paper is embedded in a matrix of acrylic and plaster, then sanded, to create the large pale "ground" area. Into this are collaged small elements cut from painted paper, which are then plastered and sanded in stages, so that some elements are almost obliterated, while others remain clearly visible. On the upper "sky" area, map pages, painted and cut in fluid forms, are collaged into a subtly layered background of greens, yellows and blues.
"The Days Between", 2016, acrylic and cut paper on gallery-wrapped canvas, 50cm wide x 40cm high (20 x 16 inches).
A combination of geometric and organic forms cut from painting paper are layered into a background of acrylic (some of the paint amended with plaster dust) sanded and varnished between layers to create an illusion of depth and transparency. The forms loop and scatter across the canvas, gathering in places to create small "scenes", groupings of forms that see to imply some further meaning or image, while a single pale structure wanders across the entire image, like a rope, or a river, or a sequence of moments.
https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-The-Days-Between/343864/3260890/view
"Hymn", 2016, acrylic with cut paper and plaster dust on wood, 16 x 16 inches (40 x 40 cm).
Many disparate voices flow together to create a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.
Cut and painted paper is layered with acrylic and plaster; some layers are sanded to partially reveal the layers beneath, others are left intact, providing an illusion of depth and movement in space.
https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Hymn/343864/3260450/view
"Armored For Delight", 2016, acrylic and cut paper on canvas.
Superimposed grids of bright squares in ochre, white, yellow and orange create a shimmering field of light. There and there are visible areas of green, blue and dark gray, suggesting foliage in sunlight.
https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Armored-for-Delight/343864/3014267/view
"Nursery Rhyme", 2016, 40 x 30 cm; acrylic, cut and painted paper, plaster, on wood.
The purpose of a nursery rhyme, beneath its bright and benevolent exterior, it to translate the chaos and confusion of life into a narrative comprehensible to the mind of a child.
This painting, like a poem for children, is built up in layers, each layer altering and amplifying the ones above and beneath it.
https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Nursery-Rhyme/343864/3009100/view
"Mantis", 2016, acrylic, cut paper, and latex enamels on wood. A playful take on an inhabitant of my garden, with a nod to the whimsical style of Paul Klee. Passages of blue, white and green suggest landscape, while the mantis himself emerges from a flurry of browns and olive green.
"The Long King", 2015, acrylic, ink and chalk, 30 x 30 cm.
The snake is a kingsnake, the "farmer's friend" of the rural United States.
"Blackjack", 2015, acrylic, ink and white pastel on fiberboard, 30 x 30 cm.
A solitary crow flies through a prismatic and fragmented sky.
