Single Lotus 1992

Gary Wragg made this monumental painting, with its dominant gestures and earthy colour palette. I can imagine the act of painting itself, how the artwork came into being, shifting and emerging through trial, error, and intuition. I like to sympathize with the artist and imagine what it might have been like to create this. What might he have been thinking when he made it? The paint looks pretty thick, so the texture has a real impact. The colours and surface shape our experience of the painting and contribute to the emotional resonances of the work. That blue gesture is great, it really communicates feeling and intention. Artists are in an ongoing conversation and exchange of ideas across time, inspiring one another’s creativity. Painting is a form of embodied expression which embraces ambiguity and uncertainty, allowing for multiple interpretations.