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holding still

By Shelagh Atkinson 2022

Acrylic paint on board approx. size 58 x 80 cm From a series with the text -  holding or leftholding, holding still  appearing in the works A figure stares out from a liminal space as through a mist or a fogged window space.

IMG 1440 1734360763 Shelagh Atkinson

On the lookout

The composer Ben Zander

the left holding lithographs

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