130 × 100 × 4 cm (51 × 39.4 × 1.6 inches)
Acrylic on canvas.
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'And to the West' is a painting that is my way of trying to make a film through painting. I loved the idea of telling a story about growing up, about how there are things that we all share and all go through. Using this scene of the desert and the darkness and the vast sky was an image that suggested I felt suggested a scene of both wonder and scale. I was trying to find a space that felt like it was on the edge of the known world like we may feel as we grow and discover and take risks and explore the boundaries.
Perhaps that is what interests me. The child in the painting feels like he is still encountering the world with a sense of openness, before everything has been explained or given a fixed meaning. The viewer can bring their own memories and feelings to that moment.
I recall watching wonderful films like Stand By Me and Paris Texas or My Own Private Idaho and feeling this deep sense of connection with the characters, their complexities and the trials they go through. I am trying to find a sense of not knowing what is happening, of discovery and a journey that growing up has. I think we all go through transitionary moments. In this scene, in the very static nature of the painting, in the pause that the boy finds themselves in, there is a before-and-after feeling. The boy is still a child, but something about the journey suggests that childhood won't last forever. The sunset becomes a moment of suspension — he stops, looks, and then we can only assume he continues a new. A new person, always growing, changing and discovering.
130 × 100 × 4 cm (51 × 39.4 × 1.6 inches)
Acrylic on canvas.
Free shipping anywhere in the world.
'And to the West' is a painting that is my way of trying to make a film through painting. I loved the idea of telling a story about growing up, about how there are things that we all share and all go through. Using this scene of the desert and the darkness and the vast sky was an image that suggested I felt suggested a scene of both wonder and scale. I was trying to find a space that felt like it was on the edge of the known world like we may feel as we grow and discover and take risks and explore the boundaries.
Perhaps that is what interests me. The child in the painting feels like he is still encountering the world with a sense of openness, before everything has been explained or given a fixed meaning. The viewer can bring their own memories and feelings to that moment.
I recall watching wonderful films like Stand By Me and Paris Texas or My Own Private Idaho and feeling this deep sense of connection with the characters, their complexities and the trials they go through. I am trying to find a sense of not knowing what is happening, of discovery and a journey that growing up has. I think we all go through transitionary moments. In this scene, in the very static nature of the painting, in the pause that the boy finds themselves in, there is a before-and-after feeling. The boy is still a child, but something about the journey suggests that childhood won't last forever. The sunset becomes a moment of suspension — he stops, looks, and then we can only assume he continues a new. A new person, always growing, changing and discovering.
