CONTEMPORARY MIXED MEDIA ABSTRACT COMPOSITION WITH LANDSCAPE IMAGERY

A STRIKING CONTEMPORARY MIXED MEDIA WORK ON CANVAS COMBINING PHOTOGRAPHIC LANDSCAPE IMAGERY WITH ABSTRACT GESTURAL MARK-MAKING. THE COMPOSITION FEATURES AN AERIAL OR ELEVATED LANDSCAPE VIEW RENDERED IN MONOCHROMATIC TONES, OVERLAID WITH VIGOROUS GRAPHITE AND INK SCRATCHING THAT CREATES A DYNAMIC LINEAR TEXTURE ACROSS THE ENTIRE SURFACE. A BOLD RED PIGMENTED FORM POSITIONED IN THE RIGHT-CENTRE OF THE COMPOSITION PROVIDES A STRIKING CHROMATIC ACCENT AGAINST THE PREDOMINANTLY GREY AND BLACK PALETTE.

TECHNICAL COMPOSITION:
THE WORK DEMONSTRATES SOPHISTICATED LAYERING TECHNIQUE, WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHIC BASE IMAGE (APPEARING TO DEPICT MOUNTAINOUS OR CANYON TERRAIN WITH WATER FEATURES) SERVING AS THE FOUNDATION FOR EXTENSIVE SURFACE MARK-MAKING. THE SCRATCHING AND LINEAR APPLICATION CREATES A PALIMPSESTIC EFFECT, SUGGESTING THEMES OF CONCEALMENT, REVELATION, AND THE TENSION BETWEEN REPRESENTATION AND ABSTRACTION. THE RED ELEMENT FUNCTIONS AS A FOCAL POINT, DRAWING THE VIEWER'S EYE THROUGH THE COMPLEX SURFACE TEXTURE.

MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION:
- SUPPORT: CANVAS ON STRETCHER FRAME
- PRIMARY MEDIA: ACRYLIC PAINT, GRAPHITE, INK
- TECHNIQUE: MIXED MEDIA WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC TRANSFER OR PRINTING, GESTURAL MARK-MAKING, AND DELIBERATE SURFACE SCRATCHING
- DIMENSIONS: HEIGHT 101 CM, WIDTH 76 CM

CONDITION: THE WORK IS IN GOOD CONDITION. THE CANVAS IS TAUT AND STRUCTURALLY SOUND. SURFACE TEXTURE IS INTENTIONAL AND CONSISTENT WITH THE ARTISTIC VISION. THE PROTECTIVE PLASTIC WRAPPING ON THE VERSO INDICATES CAREFUL STORAGE AND HANDLING. NO TEARS, LOSSES, OR UNINTENDED DAMAGE OBSERVED.

PRESENTATION: THE WORK IS PRESENTED UNFRAMED ON ITS STRETCHER, ALLOWING FULL VISIBILITY OF THE ARTIST'S SURFACE TREATMENT AND THE RAW EDGES OF THE CANVAS. THIS PRESENTATION CHOICE EMPHASISES THE CONTEMPORARY NATURE OF THE PIECE AND THE IMMEDIACY OF THE MARK-MAKING PROCESS.

Condition: Good - Refer To Images

293540+11

Location of item: 60 Marple Avenue, Villawood, NSW, Australia