How the Land Hates

How the Land Hates is a stylized and abstracted landscape, created predominantly with oil paints on stretched canvas with additional collaged elements. The subject matter consists of a fictional and schematised representation of the Elizabeth Donkin Monument, depicted in non-local colours and with a series of roots or tentacles dynamically protruding downwards from it. As such, the composition consists of a simple organization of three dominant forms. There is, firstly, a single horizontal divide approximately at mid-level, rising up dynamically towards either edge. Secondly, in the centre of the picture is a dominant pyramid, below which are multiple forms, the third element, suggesting roots or tentacles. None of the forms are clearly defined, with many fading into one another.

Price: R5,850

Availability: Available

Date Painted: 2012

Medium: (W)96 cm x (H)71 cm x (D)3 cm