Split-Traction Figure (After Collapse)
Gouache & Charcoal on Wood | 25.4 x 25.4 cm | 2025
A fractured anatomy rendered in motion, this piece captures the violent aftermath of spatial acceleration. Marks aren’t placed; they collide. Gouache bleeds into ground like memory into muscle, while charcoal claws through structure, dragging the figure across a collapsing plane. Painted on wood primed with a hand-laid absorbent ground, the surface grips pigment like a wound holds history.
Part of the New Futurist series, this work rejects stillness in favour of velocity and distortion. It’s not a portrait. It’s a trajectory.
Why Collectors Choose This Piece
This is an original gouache artwork that blends raw energy with structural abstraction—ideal for those seeking a modern figurative abstract piece with emotional weight and physical texture. As an emerging UK artist, I focus on creating bold contemporary artwork that disrupts the norm and dares to move.
This piece works beautifully as an interior design statement, particularly for collectors and designers seeking art for modern spaces. Its sealed matte finish eliminates the need for glass, making it both durable and display-ready. As a piece of collectible mixed media, it offers more than aesthetics; it delivers narrative and velocity in equal measure.
If you’re looking for an affordable abstract painting with integrity and conceptual depth, this may just be it.
Studio Notes: Fracture as a Form of Motion
This one started, as many do, with the intent to paint a figure—and immediately betrayed that intention. It tore itself open. It became a movement instead. The figure split across a plane that refused to hold still.
Painted on a Jackson’s plywood board, primed with Golden Absorbent Ground, the surface sucked the pigment in like a memory it didn’t want to let go of. That’s part of the drama—letting materials pull against each other.
The gouache is Wallace & Seymour Handmade, which I’ve been working with for its unfiltered clarity. It sits somewhere between collapse and clarity—perfect for this kind of rupture.
Materials List (with links)
Surface: Jackson’s Plywood Panel
Primer: Golden Absorbent Ground – creates a paper-like drag on wood
Paint: Wallace & Seymour Handmade Gouache – high pigment, no chalky fillers
Drawing Medium: Jackson’s Vine Charcoal – soft, erasable, but leaves a ghost
Fixing/Finish: Jackson’s Cold Wax Medium – seals the gouache, no glass needed, leaves a soft matte glow
Thoughts on Varnish Without Glass
Forget glass. This piece is sealed with cold wax, rubbed directly into the surface once dry. It locks the gouache and charcoal in place, while keeping the texture and matte finish visible. It doesn’t scream “protection”—it just holds the memory of the act.
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