PAUL TURNER - AUSTRALIA/ HONG KONG
Paul Turner is an Australian artist currently residing in Hong Kong.
He make images of the world around him, as the subject matter between artworks this aspect of his craft remains constant.
Though the images of people, places and social events are taken from his environment his own psyche creeps into the artwork as he is constructing it and images of other people and places start to take on a personal and self reflective quality.
KEEP ON TRUCKIN
Acrylic and ink on paper
67cm (H) x 86cm (W)
Using a two dimensional background, minimal shapes recede to create perspective. While in the middle ground a lone figure in stark relief tolls away, tirelessly dragging the past and present into the future. A scene all to familiar in the streets of Hong Kong.
Acrylic and ink used on paper, float mount and beech wood frame