Beach crowd with man in foreground - goauche (2016)Gouache painting by Stephen Abela

A closer look at people on the beach, slightly abstracted to bring out the rhythms of line in human form.

I am drawn to depictions of leisure as beach or pool is a place where people are partly naked yet unaware and in a 'natural' setting
so in some way this subject matter is timeless. I am drawn on the other hand to a nostalgic pleasure and it is difficult for me to separate the two, nostalgia from the depiction of pleasure if not impossible. This intersection is what I find interesting.

*note this painting is older and has a couple of creases so is priced lower*

Materials used:

paper, graphite, gouache

Details:

• Gouache painting on Paper
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 58.42 x 45.72 x 0.25cm (unframed) / 33.02 x 25.4cm (actual image size)
• Signed on the front
• Style: Impressionistic
• Subject: People and portraits

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