Interpretation with Subject

A painting in my "On the nature of art" series. "Interpretation with Subject" explores how viewers often search for meaning when confronted with abstraction in an attempt to “make sense” of the work. By combining colour fields with both asemic and conventional writing this artwork plays with the question of whether art must represent, explain or communicate something clearly, or whether it can be accepted for itself. The colour fields of translucent wash form the faint suggestion of a human face with features that emerge and dissolve so that rather than offering a definitive narrative, it suggests that significance can emerge through perception rather than depiction.

This artwork is framed in Tasmanian oak and is ready to hang. The artist's name is subtly on the front, it is signed and stamped on the back, and comes with a signed Certificate of Authenticity.