Putting Out Fires
Putting Out Fires

Wendell Gladstone

Putting Out Fires, 2022122 x 122cmSign in to view price
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Material
acrylic on canvas
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.

This vibrant artwork features a bold, minimalist composition with a striking use of color and geometric shapes. The central focus is a stylized sun-like flower motif, rendered in shades of yellow and green against a warm, golden background. Surrounding this central element are two hand close-ups, one partially obscured by the flower, creating a sense of introspection and contemplation. The overall style evokes a surreal, dreamlike quality, with the artist employing distinctive techniques to convey a meditative, introspective mood. The work appears to explore themes of self-reflection and the interconnectedness of the natural and human worlds. ...

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Wendell Gladstone
Artist
Wendell Gladstone

Wendell Gladstone is a painter who works with acrylic and gesso to create texturally rich canvases. Applying paint like a collagist, Gladstone works in his signature palette of warm ochres and ambers, pastel greens and blush pinks to craft enticing dreamscapes. Pre-Raphaelite figures with long flowing hair populate his paintings, languishing in fields or peering through windows. The works possess a deep sense of mysticism and romanticism with emotive signifiers such as melting candles, fallen petals and tear droplets continually surfacing. Influences from Art Nouveau and the Pre-Raphaelites filter into his illustrative register and there’s an undeniable magical realist strain within his oeuvre. His characters could easily be plucked from the pages of an Angela Carter or a Gabriel García Márquez’s novel.Surreal paintings emerge from this rich mixing of sources, leading viewers down the various psychological turns within Gladstone’s sombre yet alluring realm. ...

Wendell Gladstone: Artworks
Putting Out Fires
Wendell Gladstone
Putting Out Fires, 2022
122 x 122cm
Toucan
Wendell Gladstone
Toucan, 2024
122 x 122 x 5cm
Stemming the Tide
Wendell Gladstone
Stemming the Tide, 2024
122 x 122 x 5cm
Drawn Together
Wendell Gladstone
Drawn Together, 2024
122 x 122 x 5cm
Then, Now, Warmth Hereafter
Wendell Gladstone
Then, Now, Warmth Hereafter, 2024
180 x 150 x 4.5cm
Whispers to You
Wendell Gladstone
Whispers to You, 2024
180 x 150 x 4.5cm
A Face Drawn in the Sand at the Edge of the Sea
Wendell Gladstone
A Face Drawn in the Sand at the Edge of the Sea, 2024
180 x 180 x 4.5cm
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