Talking to a Stranger - Todd Hunter Solo

A Collection of Fine Australian Art by Todd HUNTER

Talking to a Stranger - Todd Hunter Solo

A Collection of Fine Australian Art by Todd HUNTER

Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by TODD HUNTER of Miscellaneous Artists. The title is Shine like It Does. [TH_201407002] (Oil on Canvas) Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by TODD HUNTER of Miscellaneous Artists. The title is Shine like It Does. [TH_201407002] (Oil on Canvas)
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TODD HUNTER

Shine like It Does
TH_201407002
Oil on Canvas
 Shine like It Does | TH_201407002
Oil on Canvas
 160 x 140cm | 62.99 x 55.12in
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Strictly speaking, I’m neither a figurative nor an abstract painter, I take the colours and shapes of the natural world and push them through a blender of imagination and memory.

These recent works embrace that iconic subject: The beach , that great arena of playful activity, changing weather and sensuality/sexuality. Glimpses of landscape mix with those of flesh, informed by memories of personal interactions, both physical and emotional, in the hope of creating evocative and intimate works.

Like music (a major influence and where these three titles are derived from) the paintings evolve from the successful pulling together of disparate elements – speed, chance, memory and sensibility – that need to be harnessed to create a cohesive whole.

In that sense, a successful painting, in my opinion, should be totemic. Once created, it relies on the viewer’s personal cognition and memory to evoke a response. It becomes entirely dependent on a shared subconscious recognition that goes beyond mere representation.

Strictly speaking, I’m neither a figurative nor an abstract painter, I take the colours and shapes of the natural world and push them through a blender of imagination and memory.

These recent works embrace that iconic subject: The beach , that great arena of playful activity, changing weather and sensuality/sexuality. Glimpses of landscape mix with those of flesh, informed by memories of personal interactions, both physical and emotional, in the hope of creating evocative and intimate...