Say It Softly
2023
by Jules Allan
Acrylic and Oil on Canvas
Jules's subject matter is often related to mortality, sexuality and the vulnerability of the human body. Although her work has a human presence, the forms she uses are not human shapes as such. They relate to the body rather than representing it directly. The forms are fragile or tough, are blurred or have edges, and are separate or merged. Each abstract painting establishes its own identity.
She paints by slowly building up layers and then scraping them back to reveal new interactions between the materials. By layering, scraping, and dissolving the paint, residual glimpses and traces of what lies beneath appear. It is intensely physical; reactions between materials, such as the chemical resistance of oil and acrylic paint, are fundamental to the work, rooting it in oppositional forces and creating tension between structure and flux, control and chaos. In this way, process and meaning co-exist and is like memory-making. Often, a grid pattern underlies the layers; this becomes the basic framework, literally in terms of paint and metaphorically in terms of a molecular, cellular structure.
Size 50h x 50w cm
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2023
by Jules Allan
Acrylic and Oil on Canvas
Jules's subject matter is often related to mortality, sexuality and the vulnerability of the human body. Although her work has a human presence, the forms she uses are not human shapes as such. They relate to the body rather than representing it directly. The forms are fragile or tough, are blurred or have edges, and are separate or merged. Each abstract painting establishes its own identity.
She paints by slowly building up layers and then scraping them back to reveal new interactions between the materials. By layering, scraping, and dissolving the paint, residual glimpses and traces of what lies beneath appear. It is intensely physical; reactions between materials, such as the chemical resistance of oil and acrylic paint, are fundamental to the work, rooting it in oppositional forces and creating tension between structure and flux, control and chaos. In this way, process and meaning co-exist and is like memory-making. Often, a grid pattern underlies the layers; this becomes the basic framework, literally in terms of paint and metaphorically in terms of a molecular, cellular structure.
Size 50h x 50w cm
Click on the image to see more
2023
by Jules Allan
Acrylic and Oil on Canvas
Jules's subject matter is often related to mortality, sexuality and the vulnerability of the human body. Although her work has a human presence, the forms she uses are not human shapes as such. They relate to the body rather than representing it directly. The forms are fragile or tough, are blurred or have edges, and are separate or merged. Each abstract painting establishes its own identity.
She paints by slowly building up layers and then scraping them back to reveal new interactions between the materials. By layering, scraping, and dissolving the paint, residual glimpses and traces of what lies beneath appear. It is intensely physical; reactions between materials, such as the chemical resistance of oil and acrylic paint, are fundamental to the work, rooting it in oppositional forces and creating tension between structure and flux, control and chaos. In this way, process and meaning co-exist and is like memory-making. Often, a grid pattern underlies the layers; this becomes the basic framework, literally in terms of paint and metaphorically in terms of a molecular, cellular structure.
Size 50h x 50w cm
Click on the image to see more
