Wabi Sabi
This series of paintings stems from the Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi; a kind of sad beauty or seeing beauty in ugliness, and in used and unnoticed things. In this case the subject is barbed wire.
Characteristics of wabi-sabi aesthetic include asymmetry, roughness, simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy and appreciation of the ingenious integrity of natural objects and processes...
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2015 - 2007 Wabi Sabi
"Wabi-sabi 11"
"Wabi-sabi 11" acrylic + oil on canvas 40 x 40 cms
Wabi-Sabi 2
“Wabi-Sabi 2” acrylic on paper 40 x 50 cms
Wabi-Sabi 3
“Wabi-Sabi 3” acrylic on paper 40 x 40 cms
Wabi-Sabi 4
“Wabi-Sabi 4” acrylic on paper 40 x 40 cms
Wabi-Sabi 5
“Wabi-Sabi 5” acrylic on paper 40 x 40 cms
Wabi-Sabi 6
“Wabi-Sabi 6” acrylic on canvas 40 x 40 cms private collection
Wabi-Sabi 7
“Wabi-Sabi 7” acrylic on canvas 40 x 40 cms private collection
Wabi-Sabi 8
“Wabi-Sabi 8” acrylic on canvas 40 x 40 cms
Wabi-Sabi 9
“Wabi-Sabi 9” acrylic on paper 40 x 40 cms private collection
"Wabi-sabi 10"
"Wabi-sabi 10" acrylic + oil on canvas 40 x 40 cms