NH462‘Les Demoiselles d’Arles’22 x 32 inches 56 x 81 cm Acrylic on Canvas 2015
An intricate pattern with strongly defined cast shadows provides the opportunity todevelop a composition of energetic balance and structure in an arrangement of interlockingcolours and shapes. The dynamic of the grille and the shadows behind contrast with each otherin a fixed shallow space. There are many different ways of approaching this painting and it hasseveral alternative titles, including: - ‘L’Arlesiennes’, ‘Pan’s People’, ‘The Male Gaze’, ‘TheHookers’, ‘The Stepford Wives’ and ‘The Statue in the Park’; which give different options forrelating to the subject-matter.