Untitled sketch (hands) Painting

This watercolour sketch is one of a number I made in preparation for a series of acrylic paintings in which mysterious hands, partly hidden by drapery, can be seen doing something we can’t quite understand. It’s unclear whether we’re witnessing kindness or cruelty. I make images about our complicated and inconsistent relationships with other animals. We love some animals as family but manage to ignore or justify as routine the casual violence towards others. My images are often inspired by some traditions of Japanese images. The hands of figures in certain Japanese figurative works are vividly descriptive and animated; the figures they belong to are almost always lyrically and elegantly described regardless whether they are loving or fighting. I prefer sketching in watercolour because it is difficult to control and so produces more surprising results. Perhaps the viewer will be equally fascinated, curious and disturbed by the uncertain activity depicted, but remain compelled by the decorative nature of the circular image.

Painting:Watercolor on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:11 W x 15 H x 0 D in

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