christine willcocks
Portrait of a Rock II, 2023 acrylic on canvas 91 x 101 cmIn the background of this painting is a utopian landscape fading from view, this sublime sentiment relied on Romantic notions of the landscape to influence how environments were to be envisioned.
Overlayed on this landscape is a simple rock striking a pose in its isolation, confident in its place, carry a wealth of knowledge. Robert Smithson talks of these shards of rock as a text in chapters to a larger story.