‘Thirst’ captures a moment of contemplation and revelation. The playful nature of these paintings engages simultaneously with the serious and the absurd.
Each painting is set in an environment that reveals the subject’s innermost wishes and anxieties. These are populated with symbolic objects, which are ‘tells’ to the individual’s idiosyncrasies. While the paintings have a surreal, dream-like quality, what is revealed is more enduring and embedded. They are inseparable aspects of the whole person. These egos manifest themselves in ways that are poignant, comic, and occasionally, even, deeply moving.
Gavin Watson 2009
Kirk,
Oil on linen 18” x 18” 2009
Eve,
Oil on linen 18” x 18” 2009
Davina,
Oil on canvas 40” x 32” 2009
Damien,
Oil on canvas 40” x 32” 2009
(In Private Collection)
Bob,
Oil on canvas 40” x 50” 2009
Beatrice,
Oil on canvas 40” x 50” 2009
(In Private Collection)
Michael,
Oil on canvas 50” x 50” 2008
(In Private Collection)
Mary,
Oil on canvas 50” x 40” 2008
Adam & Eve,
Oil on canvas 66” x 34” 2009
Saturday's Child,
Oil on canvas 66” x 42” 2009
Billy,
Oil on canvas 40” x 20” 2009
(In Private Collection)
Dorothy,
Oil on canvas 40” x 20” 2009
(In Private Collection)
Marco,
Oil on linen 30” x 18” 2009
Witness 1,
Oil on canvas 66” x 50” 2007
(Currently on loan)
Witness 2,
Oil on canvas 66” x 50” 2007
(Currently on loan)
Witness 3,
Oil on canvas 66” x 50” 2007
(Currently on loan)