Rapture, 2020. Artist Luke Abdallah - studioabdallah

Rapture, 2020

Acrylic, impasto, gloss acrylic & aerosol on IKEA table top

104 x 67cm

SOLD - this work is now held in a private collection.

This work begins with a very pale background, a combination of white and lilac added with aerosol. Overlaying this are highly textural sections of bright yellow, added in blobs and drips. Thin white paint strokes have then been layered using a tennis ball added to the base of Luke’s cane, and finally lilac paint drips have been added. The result is a pale but bright and elegant work which invites audiences to explore it’s layers both visually and by touch.

(This work has previously exhibited as part of the Water Matters pop-up exhibition, a collaboration between Mirvac, The 23rd Biennale of Sydney & Studio ARTES)