The Puppets: abstract expressionist painting, expressionist artist and international award winning poet Patrick John Mills

The desperate need to sculpt triggered many elements in this painting. The intense satisfication of completing this work warmed me like a confession. The lead white paint has this incredible string like characteristic that allows one to manipulate the pigments in such a unique manner.

The Puppets. oil on linen. size to be added. Jan 2003. Price: £1400.

 

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Hang Man (no more). graphite on heavy weight cartridge paper. 8.5 x 19 inches. Dec 2002. Price £160.

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The Puppet. Oil on linen. 14 x 20 inches (appro). Jan 2003. Price: £450.