Missing (lip-synching to Tracey Thorn) (2022) Original Oil Painting by Roy Forget

Sad songs — some evoke extremely melancholic states of mind without losing their dance beat and with a catchy melody to boot. This paintings wants to lip-synch to that famous 1990’s Todd Terry Club Mix version of Everything But The Girl’s hit song. Let’s just say that it hopes to be a visual equivalent.

On an empty beach at low-tide, the wet sand is imprinted with the moiré pattern of the receded waters, stretching across the lower left is a shadow that spans from the center of the diptych. The person casting this shadow is missing.

This is a diptych composed of two separate linen canvases, each measuring 81 x 60 cm, braced together by stainless steel fixations.

Materials used:

Oil on two linen canvases braced together with metal fixations

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 120 x 81 x 2cm (unframed)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the back
• Style: Graphic, illustrative and typographic
• Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky