Colour abounds but always moderated by the greys and sooty blacks of the ash and scorched timbers. The structure of the timbers lent a strong abstract motif to many of the paintings. The thoughts and ideas based around samsara and moksha likewise gave shape to the composition and design, stained with the memories and experience of colour and place.
Each image finds itself in the mysterious and compelling process of being painted. The visual language is bold and simple, using various large tools with generous, direct application of paint. Texture, breaking and activating surface, a simpler arrangement and form of expression. A balance between action and stillness, light and dark, the seeking of infinite variety in repetition, through accident and chance.
Image: Marcus Hodge, Internal Flame 2019, oil on canvas, H 1100 mm x W950 mm.
Courtesy and ©Marcus Hodge and Renee Pfister Art & Gallery Consultancy.
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