CONTEMPORARY MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE PORTRAIT - SIGNED SARAH WATERMAN

A STRIKING CONTEMPORARY MIXED MEDIA WORK ON CANVAS FEATURING AN ABSTRACT PORTRAIT COMPOSITION CONSTRUCTED THROUGH LAYERED COLLAGE AND ACRYLIC PAINTING TECHNIQUES. THE WORK DEMONSTRATES SOPHISTICATED COMPOSITIONAL BALANCE, COMBINING GESTURAL BRUSHWORK WITH CAREFULLY SELECTED PRINTED AND PHOTOGRAPHIC ELEMENTS.

COMPOSITION AND TECHNIQUE:
THE PORTRAIT IS CONSTRUCTED AS A VERTICAL COMPOSITION WITH A CREAM AND PALE YELLOW GROUND PUNCTUATED BY BOLD GESTURAL MARKS IN BLACK INK. THE CENTRAL FOCAL POINT FEATURES A COMPLEX ARRANGEMENT OF COLLAGE ELEMENTS INCLUDING PRINTED TEXT FRAGMENTS (VISIBLE TEXT INCLUDES 'RN' AND PARTIAL WORDS), WOVEN FABRIC TEXTURES IN ORANGE AND RUST TONES, PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGERY IN MUTED TONES, AND GEOMETRIC SHAPES IN TURQUOISE, RED, AND OCHRE. LARGE DECORATIVE SPIRAL MOTIFS IN DARK PURPLE AND CREAM ANCHOR THE UPPER COMPOSITION. RED LINEAR MARKS CREATE DYNAMIC MOVEMENT THROUGH THE CENTRE. THE LOWER SECTION FEATURES YELLOW OCHRE TONES WITH SMALL CROSS MARKS IN BLACK INK, SUGGESTING ARCHITECTURAL OR STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS.

MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION:
- PRIMARY SUPPORT: CANVAS MOUNTED IN BLACK WOODEN FRAME
- MEDIA: ACRYLIC PAINT, COLLAGE (PRINTED PAPER, FABRIC, PHOTOGRAPHIC ELEMENTS), INK
- TECHNIQUE: LAYERED COLLAGE WITH MIXED MEDIA PAINTING
- FRAME: BLACK WOODEN FRAME WITH WHITE MAT BOARD

DIMENSIONS:
- HEIGHT: 76 CM
- WIDTH: 56 CM
- FRAMED DIMENSIONS: APPROXIMATELY 82 CM H X 62 CM W

CONDITION: THE WORK IS IN GOOD CONDITION CONSISTENT WITH AGE. THE CANVAS SURFACE SHOWS NATURAL PATINA AND MINOR DUST ACCUMULATION TO THE LIGHTER AREAS. ALL COLLAGE ELEMENTS REMAIN SECURELY ADHERED. THE PAINT SURFACE DISPLAYS NATURAL CRAQUELURE TYPICAL OF ACRYLIC WORKS. THE FRAME IS STRUCTURALLY SOUND WITH MINOR DUST TO THE EXTERIOR. NO TEARS, PUNCTURES, OR SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE CANVAS.

ATTRIBUTION: SIGNED BY THE ARTIST 'SARAH WATERMAN' IN DARK INK TO THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF THE CANVAS. THE WORK DEMONSTRATES THE ARTIST'S CHARACTERISTIC APPROACH TO PORTRAITURE THROUGH ABSTRACTION AND MATERIAL LAYERING, COMBINING FIGURATIVE SUGGESTION WITH NON-REPRESENTATIONAL ELEMENTS.

PROVENANCE: AUSTRALIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION. GALLERY LABEL VISIBLE TO VERSO INDICATING INSTITUTIONAL EXHIBITION OR DISPLAY HISTORY.

Condition: Good - Refer To Images

11654+84

Location of item: 60 Marple Avenue, Villawood, NSW, Australia

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