by Stanley Mishkin

Artwork Description

Race

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25x38ins. Pastel Before I emigrated to Canada in 1982 I very much enjoyed English thoroughbred racing and would attend a track at least once a week. Amoung the photographs I had collected was a B&W of 3 of the most famous English jockeys of the 1960,s & 70's: Lester Piggot, Joe Mercer and Geoff Lewis. Looking at this photograph some 30 years later I was struck by its potential. I decided to eliminate all of the background and set up a contrast of organic and graphic qualities. I felt this juxtaposition demonstrated the dynamism of thoroughbred racing. To acheive this effect I chose a figurative foreground composition in startling intermediate primaries harmonized upon a graphic background of primary, secondary and tertiary colours.

Artwork Details

Medium: Painting Oil

Genre: Impressionistic