Lest We Forget
Wayne Sleeth80 x 80 cm | 31 x 31 in
Original painting in acrylic and eosine on canvas.
Between decoratively abstract and figurative, it was my firm intention in 2014 to mark in my own way the commemorations of the Great War, continuing my 'colourfield' work with a view to interpreting poppies, that symbol of life ephemeral and of blood. The eosine underpainting is a medium and technique l have employed since the birth of my children; eosin is a vibrant water-based product like ink, and over a long period of time - although light-fast - changes colour. An ephemeral piece.
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Wayne Sleeth
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In 2024 Wayne Sleeth was ‘Invité d’honneur’ at two Salons des Arts in France, at Dieulouard and Dieuze, receiving a ‘Médaille de la Ville’ from the latter. He also had three artworks entered into public collections in France. Wayne has completed a 12-month personal project, which followed the 500 km of the Moselle river in the footsteps of JMW Turner in 1824. He has created hundreds of artworks to date, with a book – Mosel(le) – underway for 2025.
Currently based in France, Wayne Sleeth is a painter of personal discovery, composing a work to his own evolving rhythm. Perceiving the act of painting a complex composition of hidden memory. Sleeth chooses to form open-ended ‘scapes’, whereby memories are shaped as inviting sensations. Landscapes and skylines become abstract forms, while emotive representations gain tangible presence.
