Grant Whiteley

Whiteley's abstractions are minimalist works, yet with their layering of glazes and subtle lineal structures present the viewer with an intimacy often neglected in coloured - monotone canvases'.

His paintings incorporate mixed media and a variety of techniques to capture the essence of light, light which has been fractured, reflected or dazzles over an ocean surface or on the trunk of a shiny sapling in the Australian bush.

Using shiny metallic paints and glossy clear mediums, these materials create movement and reflections often on intensely coloured back drops. The resulting surface interaction depict
nature's ever changing nuances in light and shade.
Occasional "atmospheric flares" occur, much like looking at the sun through a large telescope or watching a rising mist over a glassy sea.

Grant Whiteley:..... "l have always taken an exploratory approach to my work.
I have a fascination for primitive and tribal art, and vistas of the Northern Beaches of Sydney.
Living and working on the ocean front of Whale Beach with it's surrounding escarpment has a major impact on my life, my thoughts and my visions.
I attempt to capture the subtle nature of change and the slow transforming moments in nature, like a passing sunbeam or a distant sun shower.
There is always an essence of the land and the sea as if being close-up or far away"

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