MILL ON THE BAY

Acrylic Painting on Canvas, 2009.
Size (H x W): 36" x 36"
Re-imagining Series.
 
This work was inspired by "The Bay of Marseilles, view from L'Estaque" by Paul Cezanne, c. 1885. 
 
Cézanne divided the canvas into four zones - architecture, water, mountain, and sky - to examine the underlying structure and composition of the view. He then filled the canvas with shapes defined by strong, contrasting colors, to create a highly compact, dynamic patterns that referred back to traditionally structured landscape paintings and looked forward to the innovations of Cubism.
 
With block-like brushstrokes to build the space, his composition seems both 2D and 3D, with forms that appear to touch and shift continually to create a sense of volume and space that both strengthens the composition and brings it to life.
 
My version seeks to mimic the spatial game with a modern setting and bold colours. I see the windowless cubist buildings as an industrial site with defining chimneys.