PRESS RELEASE  JULY 2009 __________________________________________FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                         Lot 434                                                         Lot 435

                                      Judith Seelawder Mason-Attwood (South African 1938 - )

                         FIGURE IN THE DESERT                               TOURIST PHOTO

                        Signed; oil on canvas                                       Mixed media in relief on board    

                        91 by 122cm                                                   118.5 by 176.5cm              

                        Estimate: R25 000 - R35 000                            Estimate: R50 000 - R70 000

Judith Mason is a painter and graphic artist of symbolic and mythological landscapes, figures and portraits. Mason works primarily in oils and pencil but has also incorporated various graphic media and ‘found objects’ in her works, which are drawn or painted in reaction to her world: political events, comments that she has read, snippets of history or poetry which have caught her eye, or the experience of particular people or animals which are usually used in a symbolic context.

Mason's early work tended to be more abstract than her current work. At present she uses trompe l'oeil and delicately detailed passages as a contrast to paint washes and splash marks. In recent years she has attempted to destroy the 2-dimensional nature of the canvas by using juxtaposed hexagons or layers of traced splash marks to create a matrix suggesting movement and depth, and in which objects are held in an ambiguous, flickering space. Mason's characteristic of heightening the emotional impact in her work leads to images, which move the spectator, often in a strong way.

 

A full biography and further information can be obtained from the artist’s website.

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