Oil Gallery

G93A Swan Dive Oil on wood Aug to Nov 2006 Size 386x490 mm

About this painting This idea dates back to June 2006. Originally a rough and disjointed cityscape, the theme then was urban confinement and constriction. This painting is about freedom. The towering buildings of a threatening city slope inward at acute angles to create sense of pressure. The buildings themselves are organic, made from the screaming, twisted, faces of the oppressed; and the damp blue sky flies with speed and fury towards the horizon. Yet in this turmoil there is peace. In the arms of the cool wind, the only figure, a lone jumper painted in wet paint in a few single strokes, flies free.

Technical details Swan Dive was painted on a heavy 12mm medium density fibreboard panel instead of the more usual 6mm thickness. Both thicknessess are about equal in technical stability as a fine art surface, but the weight difference is considerable.

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