Two separate deep canvasses mounted in white box frames in museum quality glazing.
Acrylic with collaged elements
Each piece measures 77cms x 62cms overall and together comprise an unattached diptych
2012
Although essentially abstract, these two canvasses are intended to be viewed together as complementary images.
At one level they may be regarded as combinations of colours, textures, marks and shapes, hopefully with a degree of pictorial coherence.
At another level, with a degree of engagement they, at least symbolically, may evoke a recollection of a 20th century drama that reflected the best – and the worst in humankind.
They have a strong physical dynamic, possibly evoking physical movement and the wind, the blues, the sea and the sky and the jagged whites, ice.
The warmer reds and oranges possibly represent fire and heat, whilst the reds, in paint poured directly on to the surfaces – blood.
The North Atlantic is a formidable natural phenomenon.
In World War Two, many lives were lost there, as a consequence of attacks by German U boats and aircraft when the Allies were trying to ship essential supplies to the Soviet Union/Russia.
There are many Memorials beneath the waves.
George Taylor
June 2023
