Yellow Strike

Liv Fox

Painting is a daydream for Liv Fox. Driven by a way of seeing that is open to painterly moments everywhere, Liv works in acrylic on wood, paper and canvas, investigating the endless possibility of composition. Using gentle, considered tones that appear to be in balanced conversation with each other, Liv sees the rendering of colour as a 'sculptural painterly expression'. Interested in the potentialities of the 'X' shape, this focus on repeating motifs and consequent inquiry into form, structure and simplicity allows for a deeper investigation into new compositions, mediums and displays. Less really is more, as materials and shapes are disassembled, reassembled, and pushed to their limit - quite literally in 'Strike 2', which sees the recurring 'X' released from its blocky canvas and set loose onto the wall around it, extending the boundaries of composition potentially exponentially. Elsewhere, we see the smooth, rounded lines of the 'X' floating freely, as in '2 Broken X's', 'Broken X (green, yellow)' and 'Yellow Strike', inviting viewers to consider the inevitable temptation to reassemble, and acceptance that they will always be disassembled, complete in their incompleteness and separation. In other works such as 'Intersection Plank' and 'Overlap (pink, blue)', colours cross and mingle in semi-opaque layers like screens of gauze, or layers of sunlight, creating new tonalities.