COUNTERPOINT 1
2022 \ Acrylic on linen \ 153 x 137.5cm
COUNTERPOINT 2
2022 \ Oil and acrylic on linen \ 153 x 137.5cm
SOLD
COUNTERPOINT 3
2022 \ Oil on board \ 122 x 109cm
COUNTERPOINT 4
2022 \ Oil on board \ 135 x 122cm
COUNTERPOINT: CITY
2022 \ Oil on linen \ 152 x 137.5cm
COUNTERPOINT: HOOP STRAIN
2022 \ Oil on board \ 136 x 122cm
SOLD
COUNTERPOINT: SILENCE
2022 \ Oil on board \ 122 x 109cm
COUNTERPOINT: SPACE
2022 \ Oil on linen \ 153 x 137.5cm
DANCE
2022 \ Oil on board \ 135 x 122cm
SOLD
CIRCUIT
2022 \ Oil on board \ 122 x 80cm
DIFFUND 1
2022 \ Oil on cardboard \ 61.5 x 50.5cm
DIFFUND 2
2022 \ Oil on linen on board \ 53.5 x 41cm
DIFFUND 3
2022 \ Oil on linen on board \ 45 x 37cm
PUNTUR
2022 \ Oil on linen \ 68 x 56cm
EFFUGE
2022 \ Oil on linen on board \ 52 x 40.5cm
SOLD
CANNING
2022 \ Oil on linen \ 52 x 40.5cm
SOLD
nanda/hobbs
Tony Mighell
COUNTERPOINT
9 NOVEMBER — 26 NOVEMBER 2022
In the artist’s words:
I’m looking for an abstract image that is recognisable; that is somehow as real to the eye and mind as any representational image. A lot of time painting is fumbling in the dark—trying different strategies, exploring different visual ideas—until the picture kicks in and directs its own path to completion.
A key strategy and familiar trope in abstract painting is the overlay of marks, the constant making and cancelling; this allows the painting to remain open, avoiding the picture ‘stalling’ through an over-defining of shape, symbol, and image. In these paintings I am using an alternative mark in successive layers; it functions like the use of counterpoint in music.