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Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions (H/W/D): 117 by 76 by 2 cm.
Year made: 2006
Framed: Unframed
Crossroads are obvious metaphors for human life and decision making. In Roman times crossroads in the city had their own gods, the Lares, who presided over events that happened there. Everything from trade, to romance, to executions could and did happen at these places, and they are a recurring theme in my work for partly that reason, but also because I love the visual dynamic that they create in a painting.
"Vast and formless though the metropolis appeared, there were patterns of order defying its chaos. Temples were not the only repositories of the divine. Crossroads too, were believed to be charged with spiritual energy. Shadowy gods, the Lares, watched over the intersection of all the city's high streets." from 'Rubicon' by Tom Holland
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Michael Burles
My work is primarily concerned with exploring landscapes and cityscapes through memory and mood. ‘Atmosphere ‘ is as important as a sense of place in these paintings, and I build up layers and veils of paint and glazes to suggest hidden forms and ‘pentimenti’ in and on the picture surface …a deserted building, football pitch or landscape can evoke feelings that are both uplifting and melancholy at the same time.
I am also interested in the marks that people...
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