“Real and reflected” Inside looking out. This painting is part of a series that use the sandwich of reflection, surface and what lies beneath or behind as a starting point.
The image is a captured moment – a shift in angle or the passing of time, this particular illusion will evaporate. I wanted to rendering reflections in glass through the personal lens of self-portraiture. Alice like, the artist has become part of the unreal world of that moment. In turn the viewer is in that self same position, invited into the painting and subject to a returned gaze.
The focus was to explore the point of visual collision on a glass plane wherein the outside and inside views are compressed and create a disorienting merged
perspective.
My intention here is to invite the viewer to explore this instance in a more leisurely way As you follow the lines of paint, details of reality and reflection, combine, emerge and disappear. These ambiguous boundaries are intriguing, the complete picture is not immediately apparent. This discrepancy provokes the viewer to explore the painting further. The details within the image are puzzle pieces that combine to reveal the different layers.
Inspo from @lucyjanestein
End Of Course Graduate Show
This painting will be on display as part of the ESOP Advanced Painting Course final show
Private view is Thursday evening, 11th June, 6-9pm at the Art Pavilion, Mile End Park, E3.
Please come along, enjoy a drink, bring friends and family – lots of fantastic art in a great venue
- Private View: 03/07, 6-9 PM
- Exhibition Dates: 10th – 14th June
- Open Hours: 11 AM – 6 PM
- Location: The Art Pavilion, Clinton Rd, Mile End E3 4QY
Closest tube is Mile End on Central line
