11/05/2025
UNTITLED [UNFINISHED]. Acrylic. 50cm x 70cm.
I have an ungodly amount of unfinished paintings at home and most of them have multiple paintings underneath where I changed my mind or didn’t like anymore. Looking back through my photos I found this from a couple years ago, after this stage it took a turn for the worse, changed directions, ruined it, gave up, a classic story. Looking back, I’d like to give this one another go, in some form or another. I enjoy how metal reacts in light and for me, these objects symbolise growth, hard work and building something. The struggles of life as we work our way through it, looking to meet our basic needs and desires. It makes an interesting painting to produce, also bringing in some graphic elements with it too, this almost 3D distorted perspective of an old computer world. I couldn’t help but think of the tubular bells album cover when sketching it out and so it has a nod towards that artwork as well, poignant with it being an album long track performed by 1 man that builds, peaks and troughs continuously throughout.