Concrete Painting Series

Absorbing warmth by day and emitting heat at night, the block paintings mimic the function and form of the ubiquitous concrete block using slender, featherweight, new media.  Carved, compressed and framed, the block works return warmth to a ‘concrete art’ movement that stripped emotion from abstraction within a context of nation-building ideals.

Bibliography: Hanfling Art New Zealand 128, Rankin Art New Zealand 128