Oil on canvas piece Dip is part of Gavin Dobson's series 'SUMMER 2020' - a collection of what might have been. We were going on holiday. I was going on...
Oil on canvas piece
Dip is part of Gavin Dobson's series 'SUMMER 2020' - a collection of what might have been.
We were going on holiday. I was going on holiday. Or supposed to be. Unfortunately it was the Summer of 2020.
Instead I created a collection of oil paintings.
A fantasy of what may of been. Perfect bodies in paradise conditions. Pools, ponds, lidos, are places to work out or to relax and gaze at the surrounding beauty whilst floating weightlessly in a sea of blue. They’re also meeting places. Speedos, shorts, six-packs.
A glance of a muscular back - wet - as it strains to heave its owner out of the pool. Simple shapes amongst bold colours create a contemporary With this series I wanted to explore the themes of water, anonymous physicality and male beauty.
Dip is a striking quiet piece of a man taking those first steps into the pool. It's a calming painting using both figurative shapes and strong colours to create a contemporary fresh feel.
Please note, this original piece is for **collection only**. A courier can be organised for London delivery.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Gavin Dobson
Gavin Dobson is a contemporary artist based in London, creating limited edition screen-prints, alongside original oil paintings on canvas.
Gavin’s screen-prints are often a celebration of the object itself. Infused with a sense of nostalgia and situation, they bright and colourful, hopefully inviting an opening for conversation.
In recent years, Gavin’s painting practice has explored homosexuality and the various subcultures which surround it, looking into the expectations and stereotypes which gay men face, and how in turn this can effect ones mental health. His paintings are often loose and expressive tackling the emotional highs and lows of being a gay man in contemporary Britain.
Recent exhibitions include ING Discerning Eye at the Mall Galleries, Queer Frontier’s with Artiq, Focus 22 at The Design Centre, Choose Love at The Soho Revue, The Other Art Fair and Contemporary British Painting at the Bermondsey Project Space. Several of Gavin’s paintings are currently on display at The Hoxton Hotel in Southwark in conjunction with Saatchi.
