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Stephen Allwood

b.1959

Bachelor of Fine Arts: IIam School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury

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Stephen Allwood - Cross, Study

Oil on canvas

Cross, Study

An air of strange calm fills Stephen Allwood’s painting Cross, Study. There is a sense that time has slowed to a grinding halt. We can see this most clearly in the aspect of the foreground figure who is depicted frozen in mid-stride. Partially obscured by this summery-looking man in shorts and T-shirt is a small group of sketchily painted figures, indicated by overlapping limbs in movement.

Essay

Dimensions: 760x1063mm