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. ...
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. ...
