Preview Friday 26th February from 5:30pm
Opens Saturday 27th February
27th February - 24th March, 2010
1. KARL MAUGHAN, Ormond Road (2010), oil on
on linen, stretcher (v x h x d): 1830 x 1830 x 65 mm
KARL MAUGHAN, Ormond Road (2010)
DETAIL VIEW
KARL MAUGHAN, Ormond Road (2010)
DETAIL VIEW
KARL MAUGHAN, Ormond Road (2010)
DETAIL VIEW
2. KARL MAUGHAN, Conduit Line (2010), oil
on linen, stretcher (v x h x d): 1830 x 1830 x 38 mm
KARL MAUGHAN, Conduit Line (2010)
DETAIL VIEW
KARL MAUGHAN, Conduit Line (2010)
DETAIL VIEW
3. KARL MAUGHAN, Skye Farm (2010), oil on
linen, stretcher (v x h x d): 1220 x 1830 x 35 mm
KARL MAUGHAN, Skye Farm (2010)
DETAIL VIEW
KARL MAUGHAN, Skye Farm (2010)
DETAIL VIEW
KARL MAUGHAN, Skye Farm (2010)
DETAIL VIEW
KARL MAUGHAN, Skye Farm (2010)
DETAIL VIEW
4. KARL MAUGHAN, Harrisons Line (2010), oil on
on linen, stretcher (v x h x d): 1220 x 1830 x 35 mm
KARL MAUGHAN, Harrisons Line (2010) DETAIL VIEW
KARL MAUGHAN, Harrisons Line (2010) DETAIL VIEW
KARL MAUGHAN, Harrisons Line (2010) DETAIL VIEW
5. KARL MAUGHAN, Riverena (2010), oil on linen,
linen, stretcher (v x h x d): 1220 x 1830 x 35 mm
KARL MAUGHAN, Riverena (2010) DETAIL VIEW
KARL MAUGHAN, Riverena (2010) DETAIL VIEW
KARL MAUGHAN, Riverena (2010) DETAIL VIEW
KARL MAUGHAN, Green Road
on linen, stretcher (v x h x d): 1065 x 1065 x 33 mm
KARL MAUGHAN, Green Road (2007/10) DETAIL VIEW
KARL MAUGHAN, Green Road (2007/10)
DETAIL VIEW
KARL MAUGHAN - The Lost Path
KARL MAUGHAN, Ormond Road (2010)
KARL MAUGHAN, Conduit Line (2010)
KARL MAUGHAN, Skye Farm (2010)
KARL MAUGHAN, Harrisons Line (2010)
25,000 KARL MAUGHAN, Riverena (2010) 6 12,500
KARL MAUGHAN, Green Road (2007/10)
There is a sharp sense of place and of ‘being there’ in the paintings of The Lost Path.
In the wonderful “Ormond Road” the garden not only encircles but also towers over. Afternoon light falls along the path, but the compositional elements in the painting are such that the viewer comes to realise she is looking upon this while standing in shadow.
Maughan’s ability to combine naturalism with notions of order is complemented by the rhythmic presence of the artist’s hand. His brush strokes have a calligraphic flourish, surfaces are abstracted, colour hovers in darker space. Viewed close the works traverse the technical virtuosity of realism to the tactile surfaces and pleasures of expressionism.
In “Skye Farm” and “Harrisons Line” the expressions of bright light and high key colour takes us on a journey. We are going somewhere into a pre-ordained world and Maughan implies much by using shadow and scale to tell a story of distance, depth and time of day. Viewed from distance, these significantly inter-related works seem composed of the actual bushes and flowers themselves and this sensation is augmented by their figurative shaping. But Maughan is not ever trying to tell the full story – he is paraphrasing, and suggesting, and thus has the courage to understate and let the expressive qualities of light and colour unite in the viewer’s mind.
The abrupt (and fundamental) role of shadow in his work could easily be overlooked. In the beautiful, sculptural, “Riverena” Maughan introduces a different line of sight to his work – modelled bare limbs both hide and present a view of what is beyond from a lowered position. “Conduit Line” also uses shadow as a key device, framing the work left and right.
