Issue 2: October 2016

 

"Anna." Portrait of a young girl with her face purposefully distorted. There is a white circle of glare in the lower foreground which is a deliberate part of the painting. The girl has long brown hair and is wearing a purple and gray striped shirt. The background behind her is green and reminiscent of clumps of trees. The surface of the work shows faint horizontal and vertical scratch-like markings over the areas of the eyes and mouth.

Work by Peter James.

"Untitled." A landscape overlaid with a grid pattern. The landscape is a barren, mountainous scene with a sky that fades from yellow on the left to turbulent greens and blues on the right. If you look closely at the grid lines, they depict the same scene in the light of mid-day.

Work by Peter James.

"Self-Portrait." Self-portrait of the artist, a young man with short brown hair, with distorted face. The beige background is smudged and there are some dark lines, somewhat random in appearance, emanating from the figure. A faint grid pattern is visible over the mouth area.

Work by Peter James.

"DoRis." Portrait of a woman with her face intentionally distorted. The woman has brunette hair with red highlights. Her face is slightly turned away from us and we see a bit of the curve of her right shoulder. Some faint grid marks are visible in the area of her left temple. The beige background is smudged as if the work has been wiped with the hand horizontally.

Work by Peter James.