I won a chance to exhibit in a group show at the Rehs Contemporary Gallery in NewYork in last year's Art Renewal Center's International Salon competition. I spoke to the Gallery Director and he suggested a loose theme of "isolation" for the show which is fine with me! The exhibition will be held in Spring 2026 and he is hoping for 5-6 pieces from each of the ten artists chosen.
This idea (Working Late) came to mind pretty quickly and I thought that I would get on with it so that I would have at least one painting under my belt for the show. I had an idea of a lonely office worker working into the night while everybody else has long gone home and wanted something Hopper-influenced which is appropriate as his paintings are often about the isolation of people in a city environment. I tried a few compositional ideas out and ended up with coming close to the building as the further back I went the idea became weaker with less obvious connection to the title.
Oil on linen 22" x 16".
There is a step-by-step progress through this painting in previous posts on this blog.
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