I love pictures that have an enigmatic quality, you can only imagine the narrative. When I saw this tiny picture in a gallery in Southwold I just had to buy it. Is this woman waiting for someone to arrive or merely lost in thought; is she happy or sad - we have no way of knowing. Ambiguity and emotional content are highlighted by the intensity of the light that floods through it. Painted by Annabel Mednick (who has a current exhibition at Byard Art in Cambridge), this picture immediately captivates all those who look at it. (annabelmednick.blogspot.com).
This little picture is part of an exhibition at Art Jericho (artjericho.com) which we visited today for the private view. The artist, who was present, is 90 year old Thurza Simmons whose work just glows on the walls with a jewel like quality that made me think of the Mednick. This picture is particularly special but was (unfortunately) only on loan from a private collection. Simmons has shown at the RA and says that "though the composition and the shimmer of light brings people and objects into relationship, yet they do not engage with each other. Rather we see them absorbed in their private inner worlds".
This sense of a private inner world saturates this picture called "The Question". This image really does not do it justice, it was for sale and I am eating baked beans for the next month.
An afterthought..... putting a picture purchase on your blog is a bit like shooting yourself in the foot, now how am I supposed to say "what this old thing, had it for ages, typical you never notice anything" - which is my normal and, usually, highly successful response.
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→Mysterious connections.
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→http://guidice-galleries.blogspot.com/2009/09/mysterious-connections.html
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