The Artist

My painting is based in figuration and is extremely rhythmic, exploring gesture, dancing in lyricism; revelling in abstraction. Based upon a subjective experience of living, the oil paintings expand into tributaries of improvisation, seeking an ultimate truth. My contemporary artwork is uncensored, unfiltered and honest. I paint with a sense of dramatic irony. The painting process often feels like a boxing match between self and canvas.

I am influenced by the greater ideas – life, death, renewal, hope.

The viewer is requested to enter and encouraged to engage their suspension of disbelief.

Trenton Shipley is Based in Sydney, Australia. His expressionist, figurative, contemporary paintings are brought to life with oil on canvas. These abstract paintings ask a myriad of questions in an attempt to provide a tangible response to a highly fluid subjective world. With visceral gusto the colourful modern artworks seek to reconcile the bias of words as an exclusive form of interaction and suggest an alternate mode. An emotional approach has been employed exploring states of denial, grief, euphoria and grace. The oil paintings signify our emotional fabric as people in a universal manner. The viewer is encouraged to rest into these expressionistic paintings with quiet eyes and welcome sensorial answers.

A Trenton Shipley oil painting bursts from the canvas in dramatic displays of movement and lyricism.

The beautifully crafted abstract artworks range from small in size to large scale commercial installations.

Please contact us regarding contemporary oil paintings for sale or commissioned work.

 

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