This contemporary artwork features a minimalist composition with a prominent yellow object suspended against a serene blue sky. The visual elements emphasize simplicity, balance, and the interplay of natural forms. The central subject appears to be a dried gourd or seed pod, its textured surface accentuated by a wooden frame. The artist's style suggests a meditative, contemplative approach, inviting the viewer to engage with the work's subtle symbolism and the relationship between the organic and the constructed. This piece likely reflects the artist's intention to capture the beauty and tranquility found in the natural world. ...
Peter Simpson’s practice is firmly embedded in the art of storytelling. Using oil on canvas, Simpson renders subtly strange, enrapturing scenes which dip their toes into the surreal world of dreams, while holding onto some semblance of reality. Limbs of his figures might be slightly too elongated; a mirror reflection could be stretched or misshapen or bizarre embraces between skeletons and men holding colanders could be seen in Simpson’s realm. Narrative serves as an unpredictable guide through each body of work. Simpson will work on multiple paintings simultaneously, enabling characters to resurface across different canvases and for parts of the unfolding tale to be erased or altered. For example, an arm or leg might be repositioned by Simpson, with the original placement remaining hazily in view for audiences to encounter. References to the hallucinatory works of Hieronymous Bosch or Salvador Dalí could be seen in his paintings, and his textural deployment of cerulean blues, forest greens and rich purples adds a softer tone to the paintings— while the gentle outing in Simpson’s Me and Barney and our Sublime Army (2020), portrays Simpson’s otherworldly space is as less herculean, and more fantastical. ...
