This abstract painting features a vibrant and dynamic composition of bold colors and gestural brushstrokes. The canvas is filled with a harmonious blend of greens, yellows, reds, and blues, creating a sense of depth and movement. The artist employs a layered and expressive approach, with the paint applied in thick, textured brushstrokes that convey a sense of spontaneity and energy. The overall style suggests a connection to the abstract expressionist movement, where the artist's personal expression and exploration of the medium take precedence over a representational depiction of the subject matter. ...
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. ...
