Entitled 2016, the year it was made, this painting depicts a golden boat sinking below the surface of the ocean. The composition’s central subject is a chaotic tumble of black, white, gold and flesh-toned colours, suggesting the boat’s inhabitants are spilling over its edges into the water. To create the effect of submersion, the artist appears to have loaded up a palette knife with daubs of thick white hues and scraped it along textured layers of already-dried oil paint. The remainder of the canvas is filled with choppy waves that extend outwards into a seascape viewed from above. This bird’s eye perspective mimics the framing of aerial view photography as captured from a hovering press helicopter. Read More…