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Mysteries Two

By  Susan Banks 2016

Dimensions
50 x 50 x 4

This is the second of a series of paintings following a visit to the archaeological sites around the Bay of Naples and a startling and stimulating encounter with Roman Painting in situ. I find that damaged surfaces become a type of alluring aesthetic form in its own right. The paintings are a quest for the indefinable frisson of visual pleasure in something not really understood and not entirely seen. The painting process seeking to emulate this involved a red glaze over textured under-painting. The paintings abstract elements of the visual experience and do not seek to copy the paintings or their original intentions.

Susan Banks

Susan Banks

Susan Banks

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Clytemnestra Six A

Clytemnestra Two

Gadfly One

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