Cara Gordon

The surrounding visual world, and in particular the strong southern light native to Spain where she lives provide the inspiration for Cara Gordon´s paintings. In the largerscale paintings – i.e the bather series or recline series, the surfaces of the paintings are built up into a textured patchwork of strong areas of colour and pattern around a solid central figure.

The colour scales ranging from deep crimson and gold to ocean greens and ochres are strongly evocative of the intense heat and light of the mediterranean.

Many of the smaller paintings - often depicting a solitary figure, suggest a fleeting moment or remembered event, transforming what is a momentary incident or observation into an enduring image. There is an ambiguity to many of these paintings, the seemingly sweet face masks a darker undercurrent, the sideways glance hints at some other narrative unfolding offside. The symbolism and narrative in these paintings, although strongly suggestive, are never overtly explained thus leaving the interpretation of each image to the viewer.