Angel 2 Landscapes still settling into the surrounding

still settling into the surrounding landscape

Like Alberto

and the raw urgency of his mark-making

This painting is about that newer layer of the estate - the houses gathered together in a cluster

Angel 2 Landscapes still settling into the surrounding20 x 20 cm When Basquiat's 'Untitled (skull)' painting sold for a record breaking sum in 2017, it prompted me to look again at the language of his work: the crowns; fractured heads; text fragments; boxing references; and the raw urgency of his mark making. One painting in particular resonated it featured the comic book heroes Superman, Batman & Robin, and the Lone Ranger. As a boy, I was obsessed with Superman comics and constantly copied drawings of