Description
This painting continues exploration of ‘making the marks move’ in previous works. While intentionally non-figurative the use of light and dark hues and various brush marks can either be suggestive to the viewer of figuration or remain as flickering areas of colour which lead the eye across the surface.
The nature of oil paint works well with gestural painting, enabling wet-on-wet working when required for a varied surface.
When complete the image suggested to the artist a favourite book of my daughter’s when she was small. ‘Where’s Wally’ comprised complex colourful images of crowds within which was concealed the figure of Wally waiting to be discovered by the viewer.
Oil on canvas, 120cm x 150cm
