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Porridge and salt (2021)Oil painting
by Rory Mitchell
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Original artwork description
A painting that doles out a healthy serving of boiled oats, peppered with an existential crisis.
‘Porridge and salt’ recreates an uneventful scene where triviality is a staple diet.
A man sits in muted anticipation of his bowl of morning porridge. Now an older man, his vigour for protest and rebellion has evaporated; he is caught in the wheels of time, revolving, visiting the near same scene every day.
The spoon in the foreground is of a playful significance. In its reflection can be seen another face. This not only signifies the presence of another character at the table, but can also be used as a tool to invite the viewer further into the narrative: if they wish, the viewer themselves can play the role of the second person.
Materials used:
Oils
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 80 x 100 x 2cm (unframed) / 80 x 100cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#figurative#landscape#portrait#food#green#sunrise#interiors#naive
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Original artwork description
A painting that doles out a healthy serving of boiled oats, peppered with an existential crisis.
‘Porridge and salt’ recreates an uneventful scene where triviality is a staple diet.
A man sits in muted anticipation of his bowl of morning porridge. Now an older man, his vigour for protest and rebellion has evaporated; he is caught in the wheels of time, revolving, visiting the near same scene every day.
The spoon in the foreground is of a playful significance. In its reflection can be seen another face. This not only signifies the presence of another character at the table, but can also be used as a tool to invite the viewer further into the narrative: if they wish, the viewer themselves can play the role of the second person.
Materials used:
Oils
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 80 x 100 x 2cm (unframed) / 80 x 100cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#figurative#landscape#portrait#food#green#sunrise#interiors#naive
Rory Mitchell
Norway
About
I am a Scottish artist now settled in Norway. I have exhibited widely since graduation from Edinburgh College of Art in 1999, including shows in Dubai, Paris and Oslo.... Read more