Cheetah is a painting by Patrick Francis which was uploaded on December 29th, 2015.
Cheetah
In this painting, Patrick Francis portrays a cheetah in his own unique style. According to eminent SafARI curator, Christiane Keys-Statham,... more
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80.000 x 60.000 cm.
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Title
Cheetah
Artist
Patrick Francis
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Paper
Description
In this painting, Patrick Francis portrays a cheetah in his own unique style. According to eminent SafARI curator, Christiane Keys-Statham, Francis� use of colour recalls the intensity of modernist movements such as Fauvism and German Expressionism: stripping back an image to its main components, Francis directs studio assistants to select the exact colour required for each section, adding these to more detailed under-drawings. This selective process indicates that the artist places great importance on colour, its emotive value and the power it holds within the image itself. For Francis, colour is loaded with meaning: it holds the key to the characters he paints, conveying their state of mind, their roles and their situation to the viewer. Form and contours are flattened, becoming bright planes of colour. However, subtleties also exist in the edges of these colour blocks, gentle gradations giving way to sudden changes that catch the eye and hint at the hidden depths of perspective and detail within the layers of paint. Patrick Francis places just as much importance in the selection of his subjects as in the selection of colour used to create them. His source material is found in images of art history, classics, pop culture and film icons, and other mass media material. Francis also draws from facets of his daily life, his sporting and community interests.
Francis is a Melbourne-based artist whose work received the Art & Australia / Credit Suisse Private Banking Contemporary Art Award in 2012 amongst numerous other awards, and has been shown in exhibitions nationally including at Arts Project Australia in Melbourne, Sheffer Gallery in Sydney, Tanks Art Centre in Cairns, and at the 2012 & 2014 Melbourne Art Fairs. In 2013, he was selected to participate in Melbourne Now at the National Gallery of Victoria and in 2014 in SafARI, Sydney Biennale. His work is also held in a number of private collections internationally.
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December 29th, 2015
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