Thalassophobia in Twilight
Richard Pence
From the series In the Shadow of Fire
Acrylic on canvas, in a steel frame welded by the artist
25.5 × 31.25 in (including integral steel frame)
$2,600
Bands of black are dragged sideways across the canvas like a horizon at nightfall, split through the middle by a hot seam of white and red. Turquoise breaks in from the right edge only, as if the last light is arriving from somewhere off the canvas. Fine lines of cobalt run through the darks above and below, like light caught on swells. The steel frame was cut and welded by the artist, with the grinder marks and weld left visible; it is part of the work and does not come off. Ready to hang on a wire.