PAUL STONE | The Set Up
Oil on Canvasboard
24 x 36 cms / 9½ x 14¼ inches
A glance into Paul Stone’s studio reveals The Set Up, a quietly arresting meditation on light, texture, and time. The worn leather bag, resting among an array of studio objects, becomes a study in presence and absence. With subtle chiaroscuro and meticulous detail, Stone honours the still life tradition while infusing it with contemporary intimacy, where every surface tells of quiet observation and the everyday.
“At the core of my paintings is the search for a precision of focus on the formal properties of objects that have an everyday, almost unremarkable presence in our lives. This results in a familiar and nostalgic content, and for me a more intimate relationship with their representation.
While the work displays a high sense of realism, particularly in reproduction, it is important to me that the works are still essentially a personal interpretation of form and composition, and therefore not lose that sense of being a painting. The excitement of being an artist for me lies both in the process of physically using paint to transform, and a sense of achievement in completing the work”.
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