21 x 29 cm | 8 x 11 in
Subject: Abstract
Tags: Enigmatic, Artist, Kahlo
Original mixed media drawing in ink, pencil and acrylic on paper.
"A study of Frida Kahlo - Paying homage to her as a huge inspiration throughout my life, and enjoying some Frida energy in the studio."
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The subjects of Toni Cogdell’s portraits crystallise in the midst of colour and texture’s motion, like the scattering of light across a garden. Literary and art historical allusion situate these paintings in a continuum of artistic achievement, and they examine the solitary moment of introspection that is the beginning of all such discoveries. They emerge from – or they surge toward, and are suspended within – the abstract backdrop of their environment. The holistic scene is constructed by harmonising subtle tones with elements of boldly coloured, gestural brushwork; these paintings follow the terra incognita of the soul: a work in progress.