ARE YOU REALLY HERE?


Absence.

Here.

But are you really?
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The soft, light strokes sets a tranquil yet sombre mood to the painting.

The grey canvas muted the colours, making the scene seem mellow and quiet. Using the grey-primed canvas as the mid tone and building the shadows and highlight above it helps to heighten the sense of mellowness. The harsh white highlight and outlines make the figures seem as though they are sparkling. Highlight on the plastic creates a sense of ambiguity as viewers might not be able to make out what it actually is, leaving them to make their own interpretation.

In close proximity, yet so far apart. There is no form of interaction, the woman lays there exhausted
and uninterested.

 

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TODAY, I BLED ON MY BED SHEET

M Y  M A S S I V E  P A D

IMPENDING Acrylic on fabric

With the consistent drumming, I saw a field burning slowly as something appears to be approaching. The explosion of strokes on the canvas signifies fear as the constant drumming hints at the arrival of something dreadful and ominous. The warm colour palette with red as the dominant colour suggests violence which is further intensified with the short, choppy strokes, the smears and the dragging of paint across the surface.