Waiting

Description: 
Oil on Canvas
Artist: 
Mabel Astarloa-Haley
Location: 
Portland, OR
Dimensions: 
28" x 38"

A triad of determined animals approaches an awaiting and expectant fourth. A confrontation? A sexual challenge? A call to the herd? And yet there is a feeling of suspended animation of whatever it is. By logical reasoning there should be indications of a massive thrust in motion and yet they seem to float soundlessly through an indistinct background.

My interest here was in portraying a sense of opposites: power versus restrain, aggressiveness and passivity, mass and weightlessness, dark and light, group and isolation. All these elements are interacting and trying to find an agreeable balance within the composition.

Year: 
2009

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