Gaya 2020

Cricorps painted Gaya with what looks like acrylic on canvas, though I'd have to get up real close to be sure. The artist’s approach to mark-making is full of confidence. It’s like they’re building up the painting with these loose, bold strokes. This way of working feels so intuitive, as though each brushstroke follows the last in a really natural way. I'm really drawn to the way the space of this painting is built up, area by area, the flat patches of pigment creating a field which feels both expansive and very intimate. I find that the background and the figure are both given equal attention, neither taking precedence. I like how the surface shimmers with muted oranges, yellows and purples, a little reminiscent of Alex Katz. The artist seems to be embracing ambiguity and multiple interpretations, rejecting fixed or definitive meanings.