Solid Air No. 12 is part of a series that seeks to blur the distinctions and boundaries between land, sea and air. This work alludes to the Atlantic “blast”, the...
Solid Air No. 12 is part of a series that seeks to blur the distinctions and boundaries between land, sea and air. This work alludes to the Atlantic “blast”, the relentless mass of air that collides with North Cornwall's west-facing cliffs, presses inland and carves the granite high grounds of Bodmin Moor.
Seeming both to enlarge intimate fragments and condense elements from a more epic scale, the painting tilts towards the reductivist tradition of European monochrome and palimpsest. Veils of a single colour partially obscure a more complex, but fugitive, underpainting.