Saatchi Online

The paradoxical and often insecure dichotomy between people and dwellings is reflected in this oil painting on canvas.
Contrary to the other paintings of this series, this painting is painted completely with oil paint, without the collage or printing of a photo on the canvas. The composition was inspired by three of different photos of my own, a figure, a street corner and a sky. Essentially, I am intrigued by the contrasts created by the rendering of forms in different styles: combining an illusionistic manner, rougher brushwork and more graphic and linear elements, and the tension this creates in the picture space. This image is meant to suggest a breakdown between the interior and the exterior, the past and the present. I want to evoke buildings that keep traces of their inhabitants and vice versa, people who contain a memory of a dwelling within them.