tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082288478805549840.post1775640936663308748..comments2024-03-13T19:15:12.748+00:00Comments on Aesthetica Magazine Blog: Bridging the Gap Between Landscape and Abstraction | David Wightman: Paramour | Halcyon Gallery | LondonAestheticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07945422088315381846noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5082288478805549840.post-14500770502366990402012-04-17T21:05:37.743+01:002012-04-17T21:05:37.743+01:00I have lived with two of David's "target&...I have lived with two of David's "target" paintings for the past five years. The freshness of them struck me first. True I have seen the target motif used before but it was the intricacy of the scalpel work that hit me first and still does today. Yes I know this makes one think of artisan rather than artist but perhaps that is the point? David alludes to working class roots and the wallpaper clearly emphasises this. And then there is the bold colours, they are a challenge. Now I know it is ill to think of art in mundane ways but I am no critic, as you'll have seen but they look perfect in my 1960's tower block and I for one don't care if that seems crass. I love them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com