Judy Backhouse - "Mandala No.14: Relax"

Mandala No.14: Relax
Acrylic on Canvas, US$ 138

Mandala No.14: Relax

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Acrylic on Canvas
Gallery-wrapped canvas, finished with gloss acrylic varnish

W: 500mm x H: 500mm x D: 35mm
W: 20" x H: 20" x D: 1"

Approx. Weight: 0.5kg

This work is unframed

Price

US$ 138

Scale

Reference

M14

About "Mandala No.14: Relax"

After working on Fear, I needed an antidote, so here is Relax, a comfortable composition reminiscent of the manicured grass, flowers, and water features of a well-run holiday resort. It's deliberately clich[0xC3A9]d because the familiar allows one to relax; nothing threatening here.
In the middle of the mandala, a floppy sunhat might hide me, sitting on a candy-striped beach towel. This mandala uses cool, relaxing shades of blue and green, with happy yellow and orange.

Surrounding me is a pool of blue water. The traditional four doors of the mandala have become four stepping-stones across the water. The pool sits on a lawn of green mowed in traditional stripes. Then there is a tangle of yellow and orange flowers that add some irregularity to the otherwise very structured elements.

Judy Backhouse

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About Judy

I draw and paint because it gives me joy. I am currently working on a series of portraits. Last year I completed a series of mandalas, exploring an old interest in symmetry. Mandalas are symbols of wholeness and change; as such I find them a particularly good vehicle to explore emotions. A lot of my earlier work was based on dreams.

Price Range

US$ 43-553

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Exhibitions

Assemblage Inktober Exhibition, 9th - 11th November 2017, Braamfontein, Johannesburg
The Mandala Series, 8th - 9th December 2016, Norwood, Johannesburg
New Expressions, 11 February - 3 March 2007, The Art Place, Roosevelt Park, Johannesburg

Education

self-taught

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