Grey sea, 2026
Acrylic and ink on canvas210 x 170 cm
82 3/4 x 67 inches
In Grey Sea (2026) an ochre horse curves across the left of the canvas, its single lashed eye turned outward, and its head held in the fine lines of harness. A peach-pink form sits on its back like a saddle. A standing human figure in the foreground holds out an ambiguous object in its hand from which grey arcs fan upward like a fountain. There is a playfulness to the scene, heightened by a candy-bright palette of rose, red and acid green that elbows in around ribbed grey masses above and a wide field of pale yellow below. We arrive a beat before the commotion: is the creature poised to be ridden, or about to bolt?
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