Contemporary abstract figure painting acrobats original painting
Inspired by the work of late printmaker George Baldessin, these pieces entitled 'Skin' combine Baldessin's aesthetic and idiosyncratic 'body dysmorphic' representations with my own sensibilities, psychology and creative impetus. (For more info, look up NGV Baldessin and Whiteley exhibition.) While the compositions appear simple, they comprise many layers of paint that suggest a complexity furthered by the pear symbolism and arch window metaphor - each a kind of skin or boundary that may, conve