CHRIS LANGSTROTH

Langstroth’s energetic impasto technique dances between abstraction and figuration. Foreground and background flirt for power as figures and forms morph from multi-colour slabs of paint and claim their shape, inviting the viewer to participate. Rich and vibrant layers of purple, black, red and creamy white combine to create distinct energy. The artist combines photographic perspectives with palette knife painting in acrylic on large format canvases. The abstracted images, mostly recognizable street scenes with figures, hover on the cusp between unformed pigment and representation.