This abstract painting features a vibrant, spontaneous blend of colors and expressive brushstrokes. The composition is dominated by lush greens, bold reds, and soft pinks, creating a sense of movement and energy. While the forms are not immediately recognizable, the overall impression is one of an organic, dreamlike landscape. The artist appears to have employed a variety of techniques, including thick impasto and thin washes, to achieve this impressionistic, almost surreal effect. The artwork likely reflects the artist's personal exploration of the relationship between the natural world and the subconscious mind. ...
Often working from sketches of his travels and everyday surroundings, Max Wade reduces these sketches to their critical forms and negative space and transforms them into paintings. In this way, Wade's drawings are enlarged, rotated, and distorted, and the motifs are simplified, allowing the works to depict a layered imaginary landscape where plains interchange and motifs darken to become ambiguous. The paintings become as if alive, with a sense of rhythm, physicality, and energy. ...
