Mark Cross Liquid Landscapes: Mokohinau & other Islands
14 February - 22 March 2015
pierre peeters gallery 251 Parnell Road; Habitat Courtyard
Parnell, Auckland, +6493774832 www.pierrepeetersgallery.com
Mark Cross Liquid Landscapes: Mokohinau and Other Islands
Better known for his figures in landscapes, paintings that reflect the artist’s humanistic interests, the figure has been totally abandoned in this recent series of paintings by Niue/ Auckland based artist, Mark Cross. So too have strong landscape elements which in most of the works have given way to an emphasis on the effects of water, particular of the very clear variety where the viewer looks down into the foreground to see what is happening in great detail on the seabed.
In most cases, a depiction of place is not the main object here (although the artist has defined the image’s origins by declaring them in parenthesis in the title).What is more important is the fascination for the combined effects of sunlight, reflection and refraction distorting the seabed by a stretching and compressing process often highlighted by the phenomenon of water caustics.
On the surface, there are no human elements to be found in the paintings but on close observation the cliffs and water tend to convey or contain a subtle anthropomorphic quality that take the paintings into another realm, beyond mere land/seascape.
1.
Inlet Mokohinau
oil on canvas
760 x 1010 mm
2.
Schism, Mokohinau
oil on canvas
1010 x 2030 mm
3.
Leviathan, Mokohinau, #1
oil on canvas
600 x 760 mm
4.
Sentinel, Mokohinua, #2
oil on canvas
600 x 760 mm
5.
Radiant Shore
oil on canvas
1000 x 1500 mm
6.
Reef Backwater
oil on canvas
500 x 760 mm
7.
The Mykonian
oil on canvas
500 x 1500 mm
8.
Reef Juxtaposition
oil on canvas
1010 x 1520 mm
9.
Gap, Mokahinua
oil on canvas
1220 x 1520 mm
10.
Monolith
oil on canvas
840 x 1370 mm
Mark Cross Liquid Landscapes: Mokohinua & Other Islands 14 February - 22 March 2015 1. Inlet, Mokohinau
Oil on Canvas
760 x 1010 mm
$25,000
2. Schism
Oil on Canvas
1010 x 2030 mm
$45,000
3. Leviathan, Mokohinau, #1 Oil on Canvas
600 x 760 mm
$16,000
4. Sentinel, Mokohinau, #2 Oil on Canvas
600 x 760 mm
$16,000
5. Radiant Shore
Oil on Canvas
1000 x 1500 mm
6. Reef Backwater
Oil on Canvas
500 x 760 mm
7. The Mykonian
Oil on canvas
500 x 1500 mm
8. Reef Juxtaposition
Oil on Canvas
1010 x 1520 mm
SOLD
9. Gap, Mokohinau
Oil on Canvas
1220 x 1520 mm
SOLD
10. Monolith
Oil on Canvas
840 x 1370 mm
SOLD
$36,000 SOLD $20,000
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