CRYPTIC ROADS
This series of paintings came about unexpectedly, as chance encounters often spark dormant ideas in the life of a visual artist. While originally drawn to the shadow cast by a street light, a recurring subject in the long-running Urban Organs series, the projection surface of the asphalt proved to be a fascinating microcosm in its own right.
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CRYPTIC ROADS | Disconnected | 2023 | ACRYLIC AND CARAN D‘ACHE PASTEL ON CARTON | 20 x 20 cm
CRYPTIC ROADS | Divergent Boundary | 2023 | ACRYLIC AND CARAN D‘ACHE PASTEL ON CARTON | 20 x 20 cm
CRYPTIC ROADS | You Lead The Way | 2023 | ACRYLIC AND CARAN D‘ACHE PASTEL ON CARTON | 20 x 20 cm
CRYPTIC ROADS | Road not taken | 2023 | ACRYLIC AND CARAN D‘ACHE PASTEL ON CARTON | 20 x 20 cm
CRYPTIC ROADS | Paved With Good Intentions | 2023 | ACRYLIC AND CARAN D‘ACHE PASTEL ON CARTON | 20 x 20 cm
CRYPTIC ROADS | Cryptic Roads | 2023 | ACRYLIC AND CARAN D‘ACHE PASTEL ON CARTON | 20 x 20 cm
CRYPTIC ROADS | STUDY 1 | 2023 | ACRYLIC AND CARAN D‘ACHE PASTEL ON CARTON | 20 x 20 cm
CRYPTIC ROADS | STUDY 2 | 2023 | ACRYLIC AND CARAN D‘ACHE PASTEL ON CARTON | 20 x 20 cm
CRYPTIC ROADS | STUDY 3 | 2023 | ACRYLIC AND CARAN D‘ACHE PASTEL ON CARTON | 20 x 20 cm
CRYPTIC ROADS | STUDY 4 | 2023 | ACRYLIC AND CARAN D‘ACHE PASTEL ON CARTON | 20 x 20 cm
CRYPTIC ROADS | STUDY 5 | 2023 | ACRYLIC AND CARAN D‘ACHE PASTEL ON CARTON | 20 x 20 cm
CRYPTIC ROADS | STUDY 6 | 2023 | ACRYLIC AND CARAN D‘ACHE PASTEL ON CARTON | 20 x 20 cm
CRYPTIC ROADS | STUDY 7 | 2023 | ACRYLIC AND CARAN D‘ACHE PASTEL ON CARTON | 20 x 20 cm
CRYPTIC ROADS | STUDY 8 | 2023 | ACRYLIC AND CARAN D‘ACHE PASTEL ON CARTON | 20 x 20 cm
CRYPTIC ROADS | STUDY 9 | 2023 | ACRYLIC AND CARAN D‘ACHE PASTEL ON CARTON | 20 x 20 cm
CRYPTIC ROADS | STUDY 10 | 2023 | ACRYLIC AND CARAN D‘ACHE PASTEL ON CARTON | 20 x 20 cm
CRYPTIC ROADS | STUDY 11 | 2023 | ACRYLIC AND CARAN D‘ACHE PASTEL ON CARTON | 20 x 20 cm
CRYPTIC ROADS | STUDY 12 | 2023 | ACRYLIC AND CARAN D‘ACHE PASTEL ON CARTON | 20 x 20 cm
CRYPTIC ROADS | STUDY 13 | 2023 | ACRYLIC AND CARAN D‘ACHE PASTEL ON CARTON | 20 x 20 cm
In this particular series of studies, the artist employs the familiar ultramarine blue background, which plays a prominent role in many of their works. The surfaces of asphalt and concrete are rendered with a distinct shimmer, and fragments of weathered street symbols are highlighted with radiant yellow and orange tones. Through the artist's strikingly reduced cropping, the motifs are abstracted to an extreme degree, further emphasising their unique visual language.
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Aquesta sèrie de pintures va sorgir de manera inesperada, ja que les trobades casuals sovint provoquen idees latents en la vida d'un artista visual.
Tot i que originàriament es va atreure a l'ombra projectada per un llum del carrer, un tema recurrent a la sèrie Urban Organs de llarga durada, la superfície de projecció de l'asfalt va demostrar ser un microcosmos fascinant per si mateix.
En aquesta sèrie particular d'estudis, l'artista utilitza el familiar fons blau ultramar, que té un paper destacat en moltes de les seves obres. Les superfícies d'asfalt i formigó es presenten amb una brillantor clara, i fragments de símbols de carrer desgastats es destaquen amb tons grocs i taronges radiants. A través del retall sorprenentment reduït de l'artista, els motius s'abstrauen en un grau extrem, emfatitzant encara més el seu llenguatge visual únic.
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