Contemporary Abstract Expressionism I Island in the Rain

This is a moody, misty painting with a dark island or headland at its centre. The background is a soft, hazy field of silver-grey, sage, and pale green, blurred as if seen through rain or fog. Faint vertical drips run down from the top, adding to the feeling of falling mist. Across the middle, a dark mass of black, deep green, and charcoal stretches from left to right like a rocky island or a line of dense trees. Inside it, bold colour flares up: bands of deep crimson red and bright yellow, laid in long horizontal strokes, like autumn foliage or the last rays of sunset catching the land. Along the bottom edge of the dark form, splashes of white break like waves hitting rocks. A smaller dark shape sits just below and to the right, like a second rock or a reflection, also edged with white and a touch of red. The lower half is calm water in soft greys and greens, with streaky horizontal and vertical marks that make the surface look still and reflective. The colourful centre is laid on thickly with a knife, while the misty background is thinner and blended, so the island seems to stand out from the fog. It reads as an island in autumn seen through rain, a rocky coast on a grey day, or a memory half-lost in the mist.