Acrylic on shaped board
Unframed
356 x 314 mm
2020
Signed, dated and ready to hang
Protected with an archival UV varnish

Part of my solo exhibition ‘Indefinite’ at Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua from December 18th 2020 - January 31st 2021.

Painted by hand, without the aid of masking tape.

Quite often I use the same shape of board for several different paintings, playing with achieving a different perceived three-dimensional form within the same outer shape. 90 Degrees is one of those variants - it is the same outer shapes as Pocket and Billow.

The name of this painting comes from a mistake I made - I accidentally glued the mounting block onto the back in the wrong orientation. I tried to accept it and live with it, but the painting just didn’t look right, it wasn’t the way I had envisaged it when I was painting. I eventually removed the block and corrected the mistake, so now it looks the way I’d always intended. I’m much happier with it now!

Currently available at The Artist’s Room Gallery, Dunedin.